The Revolution from Within

“A balanced blend of voices from within and beyond the island, together with a proper mix of disciplinary perspectives, makes The Revolution from Within an important early twenty-first-century scholarly demarcation point. This is the state of the art at the moment: the vantage point from which to look back and especially to advance forward.” - Louis A. Pérez Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

“Moving beyond the black-and-white polemics that have long governed Cuban scholarship, The Revolution from Within considers more ambivalent and ambiguous forms of identification and belonging. Eminently readable, this volume will cause major reverberations within Cuban revolutionary scholarship that will stimulate sustained conversations about how events from the revolutionary period have been experienced and lived outside of canonical national spaces and characters.” - Lauren H. Derby, author of The Dictator’s Seduction: Politics and the Popular Imagination in the Era of Trujillo

"The Revolution Within is a groundbreaking collection of essays that is ideal for undergraduates, graduate students, and all scholars of Cuba and Latin American revolutions who are looking for a new and in-depth take on 1959 and its legacies. Its historiographic intervention into using known and little-known sources, decentering the United States, and highlighting continuities over ruptures makes it a must-read for studying Cuba in the twenty-first century." - Devyn Spence Benson, H-LatAm, H-Net Reviews

"Some of the best historical scholarship on the Cuban Revolution to date.… This book may not provide any startling or new revelations or dramatically overturn what we already know. But its essays contain important methodological themes, creative uses of sources, and valuable insights. In the process, we arrive at a far richer and more complex account of the first two decades of the Cuban Revolution." - Michelle Chase, The Americas

"This volume is particularly suitable for students and scholars who seek to understand the causes and effects of the Cuban Revolution, not only within the island but around the world. The essayists eloquently and persuasively develop their theses in a logical, objective way to present a multiplicity of historical perspectives so that readers can interpret the revolution in a panoramic manner." - William O. Deaver Jr., Journal of Global South Studies

"Recommended. Graduate students through faculty." - G. de Laforcade, Choice

“The Revolution from Within makes an important and timely contribution to the densely populated field of Cuban Studies, injecting fresh insight by challenging some of the dominant, prevailing tropes that have long characterized the scholarly study of the Cuban Revolution, both on and off the island.”
  - Anna Clayfield, EIAL

“The opening chapter by the editors gives us one of the most comprehensive, astute, and objective surveys of the evolving, variable, and always argumentative literature on post-1959 Cuba.... Several contributions stand out for their scope, insight, or novelty.... [Revolution from Within] adds much to our understanding of history in and about Cuba.” - Antoni Kapcia, Hispanic American Historical Review

“This book is a welcome and meaningful addition to contemporary Cuban studies.... The subjects covered are original and approached in methodologically interesting and innovative ways, and the diversity and nuance of historical thought in this book allow the reader to find their own path into Cuban history and Revolution(s).” - Isabel Story, Journal of Latin American Studies

“[The Revolution from Within] illuminates some neglected pieces of Cuba’s post-1959 history and makes innovative use of sources in its efforts to see the revolution through the eyes of Cuban citizens. . . . It does raise a host of helpful questions, both methodological and political, that future researchers will need to confront.” - Kevin A Young, Latin American Research Review