* Named "Outstanding Academic Title" by CHOICE Magazine
* Uses first-hand accounts to provide a balanced report of the socialist Cuban reality
* For anyone seriously debating the US policy toward Cuba

Relating the experiences of contemporary Cuban people, this book is an original analysis of the economic policies and trends in socialist Cuba. Based on Jatar-Hausmann’s personally-collected data, it surveys more than two-hundred self-employed individuals, and includes interviews with government officials, academics, and average citizens. Vignettes depicting citizen’s daily struggles illustrate dilemmas and complexities of a socialist nation transitioning to a more open economy.

Table of Contents:

1) The Same, but Different; 2) Living with Socialism; 3) Socialism or Growth: Cuba in the Golden '80s; 4) The Early '90s: A Very "Special Period"; 5) Hunting for Dollars; 6) Capitalism "a la Cubana"; 7) A Portrait of the Self-employed: Cuba's Landrafters; 8) Bigger-is-Better Capitalism; 9) What Comes Next? Ending the Long-distance Civil War