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Rathbone, John Paul.
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Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983.
Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography.
Cuba -- History -- 1895-
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Rathbone, John Paul.
Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983.
Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography.
Cuba -- History -- 1895-
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The sugar king of Havana : the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon /
John
Paul
Rathbone
.
by
Rathbone
,
John
Paul
.
Penguin Press, 2010.
Call #:
972.9106 L799r
Subjects
Lobo, Julio, 1898-1983.
Sugar trade -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
Businessmen -- Cuba -- Biography.
Cuba -- History -- 1895-
ISBN:
9781594202582
1594202583
Description:
304 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 & 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.
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Biographies.
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