Our America: Writings on Latin America and the Struggle for Cuban Independence

José Martí

NYU Press, 1977 - History - 448 pages

Presents the celebrated Cuban revolutionary's thoughts on "Nuestra America," the Latin America Martí fought to make free.

Contents

• Contents: 10
• I: 16
• Latin America: 24
• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla: 95
• San Martín: 109
• To Fausto Teodoro de Aldrey: 148
• Democratic Catechism of Eugenio María Hostos: 191
• To General Antonio Maceo: 207
• To the Cubans of New York: 216
• Cuba and the United States: 226
• Cuba Must Be Free of the United States: 242
• With All and for the Good of All: 249
• IV: 263
• Our Ideas: 271
• The Invitation to Puerto Rico: 281
• To Gerardo Castellanos: 290
• To Ramón Emeterio Betances: 299
• Passages on the Racial Question: 306
• The Elections of April 10: 322
• To the Root: 352
• To Antonio Maceo: 366
• To Antonio Maceo: 375
• To General Antonio Maceo: 382
• The Order to Revolt: 389
• To Federico Henríquez y Caravajal: 401
• To the New York Herald: 426
• To Manuel Mercado: 439

About the author

Marti is a symbol of Cuban independence, for he campaigned throughout his life for its liberation and finally died in the war against Spain. He was also an important literary figure and one of the founders of modernism. Rejecting the elaborate aestheticism of many modernists, he wrote in a simpler style based largely on folk poetry, as in "Ismaelillo" and "Versos Sencillos." Much of his poetry deals with the struggle for freedom and his political and emotional exile from his homeland. He was also an accomplished prose stylist in a much more intricate fashion and influenced the later development of the short story and essay. His writings, now collected, many of which were originally published in newspapers, are essential for an understanding of the Spanish American independence process.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Our America: Writings on Latin America and the Struggle for Cuban Independence; Volume 38 of Monthly Review Press Classic Titles
• Author: José Martí
• Editor: Philip S. Foner
• Translated by: Philip S. Foner
• Contributor: Philip S. Foner
• Publisher: NYU Press, 1977
• ISBN: 0853454957, 9780853454953
• Length: 448 pages
• Subjects: History / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba; History / Latin America / General; Political Science / World / Caribbean & Latin American; Social Science / General; Social Science / Sociology / General