| Description |
304 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-292) and index. |
| Contents |
A triste tropical tryst -- The betrayal of José Martí -- A sense of home -- Sugar rush -- Death in the morning -- A talent for speculation -- The emerald way -- Sun, sea, and shootings -- Imperial affairs -- At the altar -- Crepúsculo. |
| Summary |
In this dual history of a man and a nation, Financial Times journalist John Paul Rathbone uses the stranger-than-fiction story of Julio Lobo, a Cuban sugar magnate who controlled the world sugar market throughout much of the first half of the 20th century, to reveal the luxuries enjoyed by the elite class in pre-revolutionary Cuba. |
| Subject |
Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983.
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Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
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Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography.
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Cuba -- History -- 1895-
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| ISBN |
9781594202582 |
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1594202583 |
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