The sugar king of Havana : the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon / John Paul Rathbone.
By: Rathbone, John Paul
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TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2010Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-292) and index.Description: 304 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594202582; 1594202583.Subject(s): Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983 | Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century | Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography | Cuba -- History -- 1895-DDC classification: 338.7/63361092 | B | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.763361 R187 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003724242 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-292) and index.
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 & shootings -- Imperial affairs -- At the altar -- Crepúsculo.
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.
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