Background
Samuel Farber was born and raised in Marianao, Cuba, and came to the United States in February 1958.
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The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Envisioning Cuba) by Samuel Farber (2006-03-13)
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Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment
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Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsively denounced by the right, the Cuban Revolution is almost universally viewed one dimensionally. Farber, one of its most informed left-wing critics, provides a much-needed critical assessment of the revolution’s impact and legacy.
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(Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment) Author: Samuel Farber published on (January, 2012)
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The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Envisioning Cuba)
(Analyzing the crucial period of the Cuban Revolution from...)
Analyzing the crucial period of the Cuban Revolution from 1959 to 1961, Samuel Farber challenges dominant scholarly and popular views of the revolution's sources, shape, and historical trajectory. Unlike many observers, who treat Cuba's revolutionary leaders as having merely reacted to U.S. policies or domestic socioeconomic conditions, Farber shows that revolutionary leaders, while acting under serious constraints, were nevertheless autonomous agents pursuing their own independent ideological visions, although not necessarily according to a master plan. Exploring how historical conflicts between U.S. and Cuban interests colored the reactions of both nations' leaders after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista, Farber argues that the structure of Cuba's economy and politics in the first half of the twentieth century made the island ripe for radical social and economic change, and the ascendant Soviet Union was on hand to provide early assistance. Taking advantage of recently declassified U.S. and Soviet documents as well as biographical and narrative literature from Cuba, Farber focuses on three key years to explain how the Cuban rebellion rapidly evolved from a multiclass, antidictatorial movement into a full-fledged social revolution.
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Samuel Farber
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Education
He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969 and taught at a number of colleges and universities including University of California, Los Angeles and, most recently, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, where he is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science.
Career
Born and raised in Cuba, Farber came to the United States in February 1958. His scholarship on Cuba is extensive and includes many articles and two previous books: Revolution and Reaction in Cuba, 1933-1960 (Wesleyan University Press, 1976) and The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (University of North Carolina Press, 2006). The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy (Polity/Verso, 1990) and Social Decay and Transformation.
A View From The Left (Lexington, 2000).
He writes about Cuba and its revolution. He also contributes to several Latin American newspapers, such as Brecha.
Works
book
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The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Envisioning Cuba)
(Analyzing the crucial period of the Cuban Revolution from...)
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Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment
( Uncritically lauded by the left and impulsively denounc...)
- The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Envisioning Cuba) by Samuel Farber (2006-03-13)
- (Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment) Author: Samuel Farber published on (January, 2012)
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The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Envisioning Cuba)
Politics
He is also the author of Before Stalinism. Farber was active in the Cuban high school student movement against Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s, and has been involved in socialist politics for more than fifty years.
