Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-264) and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / Simon Calder -- Pt. 1. History of a City -- 1. Colonial Havana -- 2. Twentieth-Century Metropolis -- 2. La Maqueta de La Habana: Cityscape and Architecture Today -- Pt. 2. Old Havana -- 1. The Historic Center -- 2. Casa Natal de Jose Marti: Cuban Identity -- Pt. 3. Centro Habana -- 1. The Expanding City -- 2. Lezama Lima's House: Machismo and Gender -- 3. Theatrical Havana: The Gran Teatro -- 4. The Malecon -- Pt. 4. Vedado -- 1. Suburban Idyll -- 2. Parque John Lennon: Music and Youth -- Pt. 5. Havana East -- 1. Regia and Guanabacoa: Religion and Afro-Cuban Culture -- 2. Cojimar: Hemingway and Havana -- Pt. 6. Havana West -- 1. Miramar: Swings and Roundabouts -- 2. Club Havana: Foreigners. Epilogue: Havana North -- 1. Miami: Distorting Mirrors.