Essays Tagged: "Havana"

The need for an anglo American lifestyle

ns. In doing so, the Americans felt as though the Cubans were trying to recreate pre-Revolutionary Havana. However, the Cubans only wanted a better life. They had no intention of mixing with the Am ... ns. In doing so, the Americans felt as though the Cubans were trying to recreate pre-Revolutionary Havana. However, the Cubans only wanted a better life. They had no intention of mixing with the Am ...

(4 pages) 89 0 2.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Canada's History at the Pan Am Games

eir 1971 finish.Canada's latest showing at the Pan Am Games was in 1991 when the Games were held in Havana, Cuba. It was another tough experience for the Senior Team, as they struggled, winning only o ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

This is an analysis of the characters in the old man and the sea

g eighty four days without catching a single fish and has become the pity of his small village near Havana. The story follows Santiago's quest for the great catch that will save his career. He goes th ...

(2 pages) 66 2 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edger Allen Poe, and "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane

se of realism to "The Open Boat" due to his real life tale of survival of a shipwreck on his way to Havana (Crane, p. 192). The detail of the scenery and waves, and the use of common everyday objects ...

(4 pages) 86 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Socialism in cuba

r of Marcha, an independent radical zoeekly published in Montevideo, Uruguay. It bore the dateline "Havana, 1965." In addition to appearing in Marcha, it was printed by Verde Olivo, the magazine of th ...

(26 pages) 106 0 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Biographia de Jose Marti

(3 pages) 44 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

A hostory of cuban music

tile nations forced the Spanish to send the riches of the New World back to the homeland in fleets. Havana was the staging port where all the ships of the colonies came together before the voyage back ... and Central America, the other to South America. Both fleets would rendezvous during the winter in Havana for the trip back to Spain in March. The idle time spent in Havana by the sailors of those fl ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

A few latin american artists with background and works of arts

artist that has done numerous oil paintings. He Graduatedfrom the Escuela de Arte San Alejandro in Havana, in 1976 and from the InstitutoSuperior de Arte in Havana, in Cuba in 1981. He Emigrated to M ...

(2 pages) 40 0 3.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

The Escape

gether to form a cacophony. It did not matter at all. Anyway, it will not be long till I will reach Havana, and several henchmen of mine will assist me. I was oblivious to the fact that a few of FBI a ...

(1 pages) 64 1 4.4 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Cultural Background Paper

dents were from Ireland. My father's dad however was born in Chile, South America, and my father in Havana, Cuba. I was born in Minnesota in the early 1960's. It was a time of civil rights movements, ...

(4 pages) 473 0 4.3 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Gives an overview of the "Bay of pigs invasion" Why it failed and the repercussions that followed

ore diplomatic relations were severed with Cuba in January 1961, as tensions between Washington and Havana were increasing. However, it was Vice President Richard Nixon, not Eisenhower, who pushed the ... rinidad, Cuba, located in the central province of Sancti Spiritus approximately 400 km southeast of Havana at the foothills of the Escambray mountains. The selection of the Trinidad site provided a nu ...

(6 pages) 36 1 1.0 May/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Analyse the contribution made to the different Cuban musical genres by the various ethnic groups which have populated Cuba

monies, initiations, funerals, birthdays and honouring ancestors. And in the 1950s, a collection of Havana-area batá drummers called Santero helped bring Lucumí styles into mainstream Cu ... sion and hand clapping. The Abakuá music was first played in Cuba in the mid 19th century in Havana and Matanzas. Its African origins are from the Calabar region. Abakuá is a male religi ...

(6 pages) 50 0 4.6 Oct/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Cuba

p of Florida and is about 780 miles long and about 60 in width (on average). The capital of Cuba is Havana located on the northwest coast, 92 nautical miles from Key West, Fla. Over half of Cuba is ma ...

(2 pages) 27 0 3.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Guys And Dolls

reality to realize that this was only acting. For example, when Sarah Brown had just returned from Havana and was standing in the streets of New York City, it was nighttime but the lights were ver br ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Spanish American War

nish-American War. Intervention was spurred by the sinking of the battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana of February 15, 1898, for which Spain was blamed. By the terms of the treaty signed December ...

(3 pages) 72 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Frank Sinatra

ly connected to the mob in many ways. Hearst columnist Robert Ruart wrote that Sinatra had flown to Havana to join underworld bosses in a splashy tribute to Charles "Lucky" Luciano, the legendary Mafi ...

(5 pages) 6 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Fidels Affect on Cuban Baseball

r and within seven years the first official recorded game was played. It was between two provinces, Havana and Matanzas. It was a blowout in Havana's favor as they won 51-9. Shortly thereafter, in 187 ... ring Cuban baseball games. During Batista's down fall in the 1950's students from the University of Havana would go to the games and protest his rule and to support Castro.� This was an effecti ...

(3 pages) 8 0 5.0 May/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

How are generic codes and narrative structure established in the 'post Havana' sequence of Guys and Dolls?

The film sequence I have chosen to analyse is the scene directly after Sky and Sarah’s trip to Havana.“Guys and Dolls” is a hybrid of genres including gangster, musical and romance. It ... he mission is a religious place to help ‘sinners’.The other settings in this sequence are Havana, Cuba, which is a romantic setting, and a bar. The bar is another conventional setting for ea ...

(4 pages) 17 1 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

The Reign of Fidel Castro

playProtectorate of the USBatista rulesPartnersMafia's roleInternational pressureFalsified electionHavana's drug portPoverty in CubaStarvationIlliterate citizensCastro exiledMexico lifeChe GuevaraCas ... a made the acquaintance of Lucky Luciano, a sponsor of Frank Sinatra, who made his singing debut in Havana, Cuba, in one of Batista's casinos. By this time, Havana was "Mecca" for large-scale gambling ...

(16 pages) 54 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History