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Rathbone, John Paul.
The Sugar King of Havana :
The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon /
John Paul Rathbone.
New York :
Penguin Press,
2010.
304 p. :
ill., map ;
25 cm.
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.
20101029.
Lobo, Julio
1898-1983.
Sugar trade
Cuba
History
20th century.
Businessmen
Cuba
Biography.
Cuba
History
1895-
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