Cuba review: American history of island neighbor is telling and timely

As Ada Ferrer writes, Cuba - its sugar, its slavery, its slave trade - is part of the history of American capitalism'

In July, the eruption of unexpected protests in Cuba, sparked by food shortages and growing frustration with the government, unsurprisingly met with a corresponding flood of commentary from its opinionated neighbour.

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