The cuban regional historiography in the latin american context, a necessary balance sheet for the 21st century

Abstract

This work makes a critical analysis of the relationship between the regional and national historiography produced in Cuba up to these days. The analysis is carried out through these contributions supported as well on the ones produced in other Latin American countries, used for the Cuban experimented historiographical take off since 1959 to the present. From the XVIII century on, it analyzes both the historical and historiographical milestones which were essential on the process of confrontations occurred on the diverse regions of the Island and La Habana, settled since then on the growth of their slave and sugar plantation economy on the western side of the island, and their subsequent projections during the XX century, with similar patterns of the capital predominance to those established in other Latin American countries. The triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 to these days, with the necessary critics projected also on the historiography known as habanero-centrista, though has meant a substantial advance not only on this type of regional historical studies, but also on other areas with similar projection, as culture and education.