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Author Moruzzi, Peter.

Title Havana before Castro : when Cuba was a tropical playground / Peter Moruzzi
Published Salt Lake City : Gibbs Smith, 2008

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Contents COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PROLOGUE; INTRODUCTION; FROM SPANISH COLONY TO CUBAN REPUBLIC; SUGAR, RUM, AND CIGARS; HAVANA BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS; THE TRAGEDY OF CUBAN POLITICS; CUBA'S POSTWAR TOURIST EXPLOSION; DRINKING, DINING, AND DANCING; TROPICANA; HAVANA AT NIGHT; LIFE AS A HABANERO; CUBA'S INCREDIBLE MUSIC SCENE; HAVANA AND THE MOB; HAVANA RIVIERA; HABANA HILTON; HAVANA'S OTHER FABULOUS HOTELS; HAVANA MODERN; NEW YEAR'S 1958 AND BEYOND; BIBLIOGRAPHY; PHOTO CREDITS
Summary Featuring hundreds of vintage photographs, postcards, brochures, and other materials evocative of time and place, Havana Before Castro documents how the city of Havana evolved from Prohibition haven and rich man's playground to a heady blend of glittering nightclubs, outrageous cabarets, all-night bars, and backstreet brothels
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba.
Manners and customs
Travel
SUBJECT Havana (Cuba) -- Description and travel
Havana (Cuba) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Subject Cuba -- Havana
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781423609933
142360993X