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Author Kurlansky, Mark, author.

Title Havana : a subtropical delirium / Mark Kurlansky.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury, 2017.
©2017

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  972.9123 KURLANSKY    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  972.91 KURLANSKY    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  972.9123 KURLANSKY    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  972.9123 KURLANSKY    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  972.9123 KURLANSK    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  972.91 KURLANSKY    Check Shelf
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  972.91 KURLANSKY    Check Shelf
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Description xii, 259 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-243) and index.
Contents Prologue. A black-and-white feast -- Change -- The hated sea -- Danger of a black city -- Cecilia's fire and sugar -- Beyond the wall -- The monster -- The death it has given us -- The twenty-six-flavor revolution -- The mulata returns -- The sound of an African city -- Frozen in the tropics -- Sunny side up -- How to argue in Havana -- The nocout.
Summary A portrait of Havana, reveals how the city's history and culture have created a place of extremes.
Subject Kurlansky, Mark.
Kurlansky, Mark. (OCoLC)fst00286918
Havana (Cuba) -- Civilization.
Havana (Cuba) -- History.
Havana (Cuba) -- Description and travel.
Americans -- Cuba -- Havana -- Biography.
Havana (Cuba) -- Biography.
TRAVEL -- Essays & Travelogues.
TRAVEL -- Caribbean & West Indies.
HISTORY -- Caribbean & West Indies -- Cuba.
Americans. (OCoLC)fst00807488
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
Cuba -- Havana. (OCoLC)fst01205198
Americans -- Biography.
Havana (Cuba) -- History.
Havana (Cuba) -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781632863911 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
163286391X (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
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