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AskHistorians Podcast 079 - Cuban and US Relations Before Castro

AskHistorians Podcast 079 - Cuban and US Relations Before Castro

The AskHistorians Podcast · AskHistorians Podcast

February 4, 20171h 24m

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Show Notes

Andres Pertierra joins us to discuss the interactions between Cuba and the United States starting in the Colonial Era and extending through the mid-20th Century with the Batista regime. Along the way we discuss Americans changing their names to fit in, the plantation economy, the problem of slavery, American shipping concerns, and the tensions between independence and annexation. (85min).