论文信息 - LAS DOS GRANDES REVOLUCIONES DEL CARIBE, HAITÍ Y CUBA: ¿EJEMPLOS O ESCARMIENTOS? The two great revolutions in the Caribbean, Haiti and Cuba: examples or lessons?

LAS DOS GRANDES REVOLUCIONES DEL CARIBE, HAITÍ Y CUBA: ¿EJEMPLOS O ESCARMIENTOS? The two great revolutions in the Caribbean, Haiti and Cuba: examples or lessons?

Why did the two great revolutions of the Caribbean, Haiti and Cuba, were condemned to ostracism by its contemporaries and are presented as bad examples rather than exemplary events? These and other related questions are answered examining three arguments: revolution as a critical transition event, economic sustainability as a central challenge for revolu- tions, and revolution versus the ontology of the Caribbean as a subordinate region.

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