Thomas, Hugh.

Cuba, or The Pursuit of Freedom.

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1971. 24cm x 16.5cm. XXIV, 1696 pages. Original Hardcover With Original Dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The dustjacket torn.

Includes for Example: With Albernate to Havana, 1762/ The English Expedition/ The Spanish Colony/ Sugar and Society/ The Victors and the Creoles/ Enter North America/ The challenge of Haiti/ Rebellion in South America/ The world of sugar/ Coffee/ The Planters/ The slave merchants/ The slaves/ The decline of slavery/ The political struggle, 1823-98/ The politics of abolitionism/ War in the Sierra, 1957/ The U.S. enters the controversy/ Miami and Santiago/ The naval mutiny at Cienfuegos/ The arms embargo/ The strike of 9th April/ Batista’s “big push” of May 1958/ How Batista fell/ Victory: L’Illusion Lyrique, 1959/ Castro and the Americas in 1959/ The class structure of Cuba/ Black Cuba/ The church/ Education/ Tobacco and other industries/ The Economy: Labour/ The Economy: The Central Neurosis/ Castro in America/ Agrarian Reform: Politics and crisis/ The end of Capitalist Cuba/ Cuba Socialista/ Battle of Cochinos Bay/ The Missile Crisis/ The Utopians/ The ‘ten million ton harvest’ and its implications/ The Guardians/ The pursuit of freedom/ The Cuban Oligarchy/ Cuban governers and presidents/ Who were the Cuban Indians?/ Kennion’s slave concession/ Estimated Cuban slave imports/ Outfit of a slave ship, 1825/ Slave ships from Havana, 1825/ Affidavit of Lieutenant Nott/ Chinese imports to Cuba, 1847-1873/ The last slave journey across the Atlantic, 1865/ The attack on Moncada and Bayamo/ The state of agriculture, 1959/ Cuban and world sugar production, 1770-1790/ World raw sugar prices, 1900-1962.

Plates include: View of Havana, 1762/ The British land in Cuba, 1762/ The British Commanders, 1762: Lord Albermarle, Admiral Sir George Pocock, Admiral Keppel, General William Keppel/ Francisco Arango, c 1800/ General Tacon, General O’Donnell, General Martinez Campos, General Weyler/ The Tinguaro sugar mill, c. 1860/ Four U.S. Presidents who tried to buy Cuba: James K. Polk, James Buchanon, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley/ Cuban liberators: Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Antonio Maceo, Calixto Garcia, Maximo Gomez/ Jose Marti: in New York, in Kingston, Jamaica/ Theodore Roosevelt/ General Wood, General Crowder/ Four Cuban Presidents: Estrada Palma, Jose Miguel Gomez, Mario Garcia Menocal, Alfredo Zayas/ General Machado, President of Cuba 1925-1933/ Five U.S. Ambassadors; Sumner Welles, Jefferson Caffery, Arthur Gardner, Earl Smith, Philip Bonsal/ Batista as President/ Rolando Masferrer/ Eddy Chibas/ The Moncada attack/ The Sierra Maestra/ Rebel Commanders/ Raul Castro and ‘Che’ Guevara/ Camilo Cienfuegos/ Castro and Nixon, 1959/ The first cabinet after the fall of Batista/ Interrogation of the prisoners after the Bay of Pigs/ U.2. photograph of missile base at San Cristobal/ The Soviet vessel “Fizik Kurchatov” at sea/ The U.S. navy radar ship “Vesole” alongside the Soviet vessel “Volgoles”/ Castro in the Plaza de la Revolucion, 1964/ Castro in Russia/ Castro with Le Thanh Nghi, 1967/ View of Havana, 1962 etc.

• Keywords: Travel
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0413274705
• Inventory Number: 40383AB

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