Cuban Youth and Revolutionary Values: Educating the New Socialist Citizen

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. 1953–1970: Constructing Conciencia 21 2. The Revolution in Education 41 3. 1970–1985: Reconciling Revolutionary Fervor with the Requisites of the Modern State 72 4. 1986–2000: Rectification and the Special Period 93 5. Revolutionary Pedagogy in Action 124 6. The Cuban Pioneer Student Organization: WhoWill Be Like Che? 151 7. Cuba’s School to the Countryside Program 178 Conclusion 205 Appendix 1. Suitcases, Jump Ropes, and lo espiritual: Methodology a la cubana 219 Appendix 2. Surveys 238 Notes 245 Bibliography 251 Index 265 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...