Our Place in the Sun : : Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era / / ed. by Robert Wright, Lana Wylie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Donaghy, Greg,; Entwistle, Mark,; Halloran, Mary,; Kirk, John M.,; Klepak, Hal,; Mckenna, Peter,; Molinaro, Dennis,; Munton, Don,; Ritter, Archibald R.M.,; Sheinin, David,; Vogt, David,; Wright, Cynthia,; Wright, Robert,; Wylie, Lana,
• HerausgeberIn: Wright, Robert,; Wylie, Lana,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Penned during the transition of power from Fidel Castro to Raúl Castro, Our Place in the Sun explores the Canadian-Cuban relationship from 1959 to the present day. The essays in this volume reflect upon the past but also explore the internal issues and external forces that will continue to influence the Canada-Cuba association in the years to come.Many of this volume's contributors draw upon newly declassified sources and original interviews, providing unique insight into the historical, economic, and political realities affecting the Canada-Cuba connection. Featuring twelve original essays by a variety of scholars as well as a short memoir by former Canadian Ambassador to Cuba, Mark Entwistle, this important interdisciplinary collection calls into question past understandings of the Canadian-Cuban relationship. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Canadian and Cuban history of the last half-century, and the dynamics of North American politics more broadly.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Worlds Apart -- 1. Canada, Cuba, and Latin America: A Paradoxical Relationship -- 2. Inside Castro's Cuba: The Revolution and Canada's Embassy in Havana -- 3. 'Calculated Diplomacy': John Diefenbaker and the Origins of Canada's Cuba Policy -- 4. Between Nation and Empire: The Fair Play for Cuba Committees and the Making of Canada-Cuba Solidarity in the Early 1960s -- 5. Cuba's Long Shadow: The Progressive Church Movement and Canadian-Latin American Relations, 1970-87 -- 6. Viva el pueblo cubano: Pierre Trudeau's Distant Cuba, 1968-78 -- 7. Canadian-Cuban Relations: Muddling through the 'Special Period' -- 8. 'Northern Ice': Jean Chrétien and the Failure of Constructive Engagement in Cuba -- 9. Ambassador MD: The Role of Health and Biotechnology in Cuban Foreign Policy -- 10. Canadian-Cuban Economic Relations: Past, Present, Prospective -- 11. Canada-Cuba Relations: A Multiple-Personality Foreign Policy -- Index