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This course examines the history of Cuba from the late-18th century to the present. This period begins with a sugar boom and the development of African slavery in the Spanish colony, and ends with Cuba’s current difficulties in a post-Soviet world. Other topics of the course include the Cubans’ struggles for independence from Spain, relations with the U.S., monoculture and the export economy, political institutions and political change, race and class relations, and the Cuban Revolution (a significant portion of the course treats Cuba since 1959). This course aims to enhance students’ knowledge and understanding of Cuba’s past and place in Latin American and world history.