ISBN: 9780820321639 - Conversations with Cuba (18 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. The story behind the passionate, struggling, frequently discouraged, but always proud country, told by ordinary Cuban citizens - the people who still struggle with a revolution that is far from over. C. Peter Ripley developed a fascination with Cuban culture that took him on five illegal trips to the country between 1991 and 1997. During his travels, he visited the Cuban landscape and people, closely following the lives of citizens who were deeply influenced by the revolution and its effects. Through his experiences and observations, Ripley seeks to tap the real hearts and minds behind his perceptions of the Cuban Revolution. The conversations take place during the height of the "special period" - the ambiguous name given to the years of hardship following the end of the Soviet Union's vital aid to the country isolated by the US-led embargo and preceding Cuba's as yet unrealized revitalization. Ripley guides us on a first-person journey through this once bustling economy, now reduced to soap shortages, one meal a day, and desperate attempts to locate an economic salvation in foreign tourism. He shows us people with faith and pride in their nation and its revolutionary ideals. These individuals, encountered in the conversations, reveal a portrait of a country and an uncommonly civil society shaped by "patria", courage, tenacity, and a simultaneously critical and optimistic belief in their revolution, within an ambivalent reality of tension and change.…

Condition: Very Good. illustrated edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Condition: Good. illustrated edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. illustrated edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The story behind the passionate, struggling, frequently discouraged, but always proud country, told by ordinary Cuban citizens - the people who still struggle with a revolution that is far from over. C. Peter Ripley developed a fascination with Cuban culture that took him on five illegal trips to the country between 1991 and 1997. During his travels, he visited the Cuban landscape and people, closely following the lives of citizens who were deeply influenced by the revolution and its effects. Through his experiences and observations, Ripley seeks to tap the real hearts and minds behind his perceptions of the Cuban Revolution. The conversations take place during the height of the "special period" - the ambiguous name given to the years of hardship following the end of the Soviet Union's vital aid to the country isolated by the US-led embargo and preceding Cuba's as yet unrealized revitalization. Ripley guides us on a first-person journey through this once bustling economy, now reduced to soap shortages, one meal a day, and desperate attempts to locate an economic salvation in foreign tourism. He shows us people with faith and pride in their nation and its revolutionary ideals. These individuals, encountered in the conversations, reveal a portrait of a country and an uncommonly civil society shaped by "patria", courage, tenacity, and a simultaneously critical and optimistic belief in their revolution, within an ambivalent reality of tension and change.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. University of Georgia Press, c.1999, 1st., 8vo., hardcover, 243pp., NF/NF $.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages.

Condition: Good. illustrated edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. ## AS NEW book is clean, crisp, unclipped and unmarked. First Edition. First printing. Full number line. Dust jacket is Near Fine with light rubbing, shelf wear. Quarter bound with black cloth and black boards, gilt lettering on spine. No marks in or on book. NOT A REMAINDER. Not ex library. 243 pages. Dust jacket protected in a crystal clear MYLAR cover. Book appears unopened, unused. As New First Edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A31.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. A first-hand travel memoir that documents the author's seven trips to Cuba between 1991 and 2000. It provides a street-level look at the country during the Special Period?the era of extreme economic hardship following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ripley moves beyond political abstractions to present an intimate portrait of Cuban society through direct conversations with ordinary citizens. The book explores how individuals navigate a contradictory island where fierce national pride and loyalty to revolutionary ideals coexist with deep frustration over scarcity, black markets, and shifting government policies.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. CU6 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by C. Peter Ripley in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has light discoloration and shelf wear. Book lightly cocked, some cover edgewear, some light stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Also SIGNED by Bob Shacochis on the foreword page. Foreword by Bob Shacochis. 9.5"x6.5", 243 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. (1st) Foreword by Bob Shacoches. Slightly smaller book, shiny black cloth spine, black boards, bright gilt lettering on spine, light blue inside covers and adjacent end papers, three color stickers of baskets on first front end paper--pretty, one on reverse of final end paper of a bunch of carrots. 245 pages. DJ glossy black beneath mylar, color photo of street with Che Guevara poster on side of house, praise on back from Louis A. Perez Jr. DJ has very slight surface wear to top front tip, light wear to top front and spine top edges. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.