- Description
- 304 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- 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
- Genre/Form
- Bibliography (note)
- 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 & shootings -- Imperial affairs -- At the altar -- Crepúsculo.
- ISBN
- LCCN
- 2010013790
- OCLC
- 466335741
- Author
Rathbone, John Paul.
- Title
The sugar king of Havana : the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon / John Paul Rathbone.
- Imprint
New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index.
- Chronological Term
Since 1895