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The history of Havana /
"For close to 500 years, Havana has been a cultural crossroads, a meeting point for people from the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Here, in a revised and updated edition of a classic history co-written by a Cuban and an American, is the definitive chronicle of the "Pearl of the Antilles.&qu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
OR Books,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : Un tipo muy popular
- 1. Key to the Indies
- 2. The hour of the Mameys
- 3. Paris of the Antilles
- 4. Cecilia, Cabildos, and Contradance
- 5. Stirrings of nationhood
- 6. Revolutions and retributions : from the Teatro Villanueva to the Maine
- 7. Many happy returns? U.S. occupation and its aftermath
- 8. Symbol of an era : Alberto Yarini y Ponce de León
- 9. Catch a Ford on the Malecón : Republican Havana's growth and decay
- 10. The Battle of Havana, 1933-35
- 11. Radio days
- 12. City lights : the fabulous fifties
- 13. Havana in revolution
- 14. Revolution with Pachanga : Havana transfigured
- 15. Russian meat, Miami butterflies, and other unexpected adventures
- 16. The blackout : Havana in the "special period" and beyond
- Epilogue: 2006-2017 Notes
- Bibliographic sources and suggestions
- Index.