City of intrigue, nest of revolution : a documentary history of Key West in the nineteenth century /

This is the story of the Cuban residents of nineteenth-century Key West, Florida, and their struggle to liberate Cuba, as told by Spanish consuls.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stebbins, Consuelo E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2007.
Colección:Florida history and culture series.
Temas:
1800-1899
Consuls > Florida > Key West > Correspondence.
Consuls > Spain > Correspondence.
Spaniards > Florida > Key West > Correspondence.
Consuls > Floride > Key West > Correspondance.
Consuls > Espagne > Correspondance.
Espagnols > Floride > Key West > Correspondance.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Consuls
Politics and government
Social conditions
Spaniards
Key West (Fla.) > History > 19th century > Sources.
Key West (Fla.) > Politics and government > 19th century > Sources.
Key West (Fla.) > Social conditions > 19th century > Sources.
Key West (Fla.) > Biography.
Florida > Key West
Spain
Biographies
History
Personal correspondence
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents; List of Illustrations ix; Foreword xi; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xv; Introduction xvii; Chronology of Spanish Consuls in Key West xxi; 1. Navigating the Reefs 1; 2. Wreck Ashore! 8; 3. Slave Ships 20; 4. The Southernmost Port 32; 5. Military Bases 43; 6. Contraband 55; 7. Cuban Smacks 66; 8. The Great Fire of 1886 77; 9. Cigar Capital 84; 14. Local Politics 165; 15. Separatists versus Autonomists 177; 16. Revolutionary Clubs 185; 17. Tampa 194; 18. Expeditions 214; Notes 235; Bibliography 247; Index 251; 10. Rebel Colony 95; 11. Los Jefes 110; 12. Nihilists 129

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