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.
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Manners and customs
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Travel
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SUBJECT |
Havana (Cuba) -- Description and travel
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Havana (Cuba) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Subject |
Cuba -- Havana
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781423609933 |
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142360993X |
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