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...

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