"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Introduction: The idea of Cuba
Metaphor between motive and meaning
Imagining self-interest
Metaphor as paradigm
On gratitude as moral currency of empire
Shifting metaphors, changing meanings: representing revolution
Through the prism of metaphor: accommodation to empire.
Cuba in the American imagination : metaphor and the imperial ethos by Louis A. Pérez. ISBN 9780807832165. Published by University of North Carolina Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.