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De Cristóbal Colón a Fidel Castro: El Caribe, frontera imperial
2 vols.
Publicado por vez primera en 1970, este libro significo un hito en el estudio del Caribe, por la profundidad y amplitud con las que aborda el estudio de la zona, y por demostrar la importancia geopolítica y económica que tuvo el Caribe a lo largo de cinco siglos de historia.
El objeto de este estudio es el Caribe como frontera de los imperios: España, Inglaterra, Francia, Holanda y Estados Unidos, y reivindica, a partir de sólidos argumentos, el verdadero papel que dicha región ha jugado históricamente en la Edad Moderna, a diferencia de lo que le solían atribuir la mayoría de los historiadores, que ignoraban al Caribe en sus estudios, o en el mejor de los casos lo relegaban a una breve nota.
Publicado por vez primera en 1970, este libro significo un hito en el estudio del Caribe, por la profundidad y amplitud con las que aborda el estudio de la zona, y por demostrar la importancia geopolítica y económica que tuvo el Caribe a lo largo de cinco siglos de historia.
El objeto de este estudio es el Caribe como frontera de los imperios: España, Inglaterra, Francia, Holanda y Estados Unidos, y reivindica, a partir de sólidos argumentos, el verdadero papel que dicha región ha jugado históricamente en la Edad Moderna, a diferencia de lo que le solían atribuir la mayoría de los historiadores, que ignoraban al Caribe en sus estudios, o en el mejor de los casos lo relegaban a una breve nota.
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First published January 1, 1969
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Juan Bosch
115 books64 followersJuan Bosch was born in the town of La Vega, Dominican Republic. His parents were Spanish Juan Bosch and Puerto Rican Angela Gaviño. He lived the first years of his childhood in a small rural community called Río Verde, where he began his primary studies; he attended high school in La Vega. In his youth he went to Santo Domingo and worked in commercial stores. Later he traveled to Spain, Venezuela and some of the Caribbean islands.
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
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December 3, 2018
Rating: Me gustó mucho 🤗
Este libro de la historia del caribe, desde el punto de vista de las luchas por el control de sus fronteras, es muy educativo, interesante y aleccionador.
Aprendí muchas cosas que no tenía ni idea, como que Puerto Rico nunca ha sido una nación libre e independiente, pasó de ser colonia española a ser colonia de Los Estados Unidos (es una colonia aunque la llamen por otro nombre).
Me gustó mucho, recomiendo leerlo como un proyecto, poco a poco, para poder captar todo.
Le hubiese dado una nota más alta, pero por momentos resulta abrumador ya que su alcance es muy amplio.
Muy recomendado.
Este libro de la historia del caribe, desde el punto de vista de las luchas por el control de sus fronteras, es muy educativo, interesante y aleccionador.
Aprendí muchas cosas que no tenía ni idea, como que Puerto Rico nunca ha sido una nación libre e independiente, pasó de ser colonia española a ser colonia de Los Estados Unidos (es una colonia aunque la llamen por otro nombre).
Me gustó mucho, recomiendo leerlo como un proyecto, poco a poco, para poder captar todo.
Le hubiese dado una nota más alta, pero por momentos resulta abrumador ya que su alcance es muy amplio.
Muy recomendado.
December 17, 2018
El autor traza el devenir de la historia del Caribe, desde su descubrimiento hasta la revolución cubana dirigida por Fidel. El texto es muy elocuente y en su brevedad hace compendio de los procesos que fueron ocurriendo en el Caribe. Su interpretación de la historia a través del materialismo histórico está muy bien demarcada, en especial cuando se trata de definir el imperialismo estadounidense.
September 18, 2025
Este libro es una obra maestra. Cubre 500 años de historia, no solo del Caribe, sino también de Europa. Definitivamente es algo que muchos deberían leer
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