{"product_id":"9784902837186","title":"Cuba Is a State of Mind","description":"The Spiritual Traveler Series provides the reader with a new type of travel writing experience. Instead of simply looking at the sights, sounds, and tastes of a locale, the Spiritual Traveler allows the reader to experience the consciousness of a nation.\u003cp\u003e\"A Tourist takes in the local sights; a Traveler sees the reality of a landscape.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn writing on travel to Cuba, the Spiritual Traveler decides to give a voice to the Cuban Silent Majority. The Silent Majority in Cuba are:\u003cbr\u003eVoices unheard in books about Cuba. We read about those who leave, but not about those who stay; \u003cbr\u003eMostly black, mulatto, and rural white; Descendants of slaves;\u003cbr\u003eMasses of uneducated servants and peasant class before the Revolution. Those whose freedom was denied after their participation in the struggle during the Cuban War for Independence (1898); Loyal to Fidel;\u003cbr\u003eMost protective of the Revolution and subsequent Post-Revolutionary way of life so imbibed in African culture; Most affected by the US Blockade and least likely to receive remittances from relatives in the US;\u003cbr\u003eThose who would lose the most with a return to the Pre-Revolutionary status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to give voice to the Cuban Silent Majority, to hear their stories and know their consciousness. It gives future travelers to Cuba another perspective of Cuba to consider.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aoishima Research Institute","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49978031407344,"sku":"9784902837186","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9784902837186","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}