Author: Miguel A. Bretos
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813040868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Matanzas--the name means literally "slaughters"--is the Cuban city nearest the United States. Known at the heyday of the nineteenth-century sugar boom as the "Athens of Cuba," it is renowned for its art, its music, and its rich African heritage. It is also the place where Latin American baseball began. Yet most Americans have never heard of it. Miguel Bretos's fascinating history of his hometown remedies this oversight. Though he came to the United States as a Pedro Pan child and has lived all over the world, his family is still closely tied to the city where they lived for generations. After forty years he returned to his homeland "with the longing of an exile, the anticipation of a child, the curiosity of a visitor, the resentment of a victim, and--hopefully--the objectivity of a scholar." Bretos unfolds the Matanzas story from the aboriginal Tainos to the coming of revolution with solid research, wit, clarity, and the kind of vivid detail that can come only from an insider. But he also deftly inserts Matanzas into a larger picture. More than local history, this original work is Cuban history from a local perspective.
Matanzas
Author: Miguel A. Bretos
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813040868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Matanzas--the name means literally "slaughters"--is the Cuban city nearest the United States. Known at the heyday of the nineteenth-century sugar boom as the "Athens of Cuba," it is renowned for its art, its music, and its rich African heritage. It is also the place where Latin American baseball began. Yet most Americans have never heard of it. Miguel Bretos's fascinating history of his hometown remedies this oversight. Though he came to the United States as a Pedro Pan child and has lived all over the world, his family is still closely tied to the city where they lived for generations. After forty years he returned to his homeland "with the longing of an exile, the anticipation of a child, the curiosity of a visitor, the resentment of a victim, and--hopefully--the objectivity of a scholar." Bretos unfolds the Matanzas story from the aboriginal Tainos to the coming of revolution with solid research, wit, clarity, and the kind of vivid detail that can come only from an insider. But he also deftly inserts Matanzas into a larger picture. More than local history, this original work is Cuban history from a local perspective.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813040868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Matanzas--the name means literally "slaughters"--is the Cuban city nearest the United States. Known at the heyday of the nineteenth-century sugar boom as the "Athens of Cuba," it is renowned for its art, its music, and its rich African heritage. It is also the place where Latin American baseball began. Yet most Americans have never heard of it. Miguel Bretos's fascinating history of his hometown remedies this oversight. Though he came to the United States as a Pedro Pan child and has lived all over the world, his family is still closely tied to the city where they lived for generations. After forty years he returned to his homeland "with the longing of an exile, the anticipation of a child, the curiosity of a visitor, the resentment of a victim, and--hopefully--the objectivity of a scholar." Bretos unfolds the Matanzas story from the aboriginal Tainos to the coming of revolution with solid research, wit, clarity, and the kind of vivid detail that can come only from an insider. But he also deftly inserts Matanzas into a larger picture. More than local history, this original work is Cuban history from a local perspective.
Historic Structure Report for Fort Matanzas National Monument, St. John's County, Florida
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Category : Fort Matanzas National Monument (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : Fort Matanzas National Monument (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Matanzas Bay
Author: Parker Francis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983433613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
When PI Quint Mitchell volunteered to help with an archaeological survey in St. Augustine, he didn't count on digging up a murder victim. In the nation's oldest city, Mitchell discovers links to ancient sins, comes face to face with his own past, and unleashes powerful forces that will do anything to keep their secrets-even if it means taking his life. In this award-winning debut mystery, author Parker Francis taps into an undercurrent of violence hidden behind the sleepy facade of the historic town. When Mitchell's friend, the City Archaeologist, is charged with a brutal murder, he must find the true killer while fighting inner demons and the corrosive residue of racial violence dating back to the Civil Rights Movement. As he learns, St. Augustine was birthed in blood-Matanzas means "place of slaughter" in Spanish-and violence is never far from the surface.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780983433613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
When PI Quint Mitchell volunteered to help with an archaeological survey in St. Augustine, he didn't count on digging up a murder victim. In the nation's oldest city, Mitchell discovers links to ancient sins, comes face to face with his own past, and unleashes powerful forces that will do anything to keep their secrets-even if it means taking his life. In this award-winning debut mystery, author Parker Francis taps into an undercurrent of violence hidden behind the sleepy facade of the historic town. When Mitchell's friend, the City Archaeologist, is charged with a brutal murder, he must find the true killer while fighting inner demons and the corrosive residue of racial violence dating back to the Civil Rights Movement. As he learns, St. Augustine was birthed in blood-Matanzas means "place of slaughter" in Spanish-and violence is never far from the surface.
Exporters' Encyclopaedia
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1580
Book Description
Material is arranged geographically. For each country there is a country profile followed by information on marketing data, communications, transportation, business travel, key contacts, and a summary trade regulations and documentation required. Also included are brief sections on U.S. ports, U.S. foreign trade zones, World Trade Center Association members, U.S. government agencies providing assistance to exporters, foreign trade organizations, foreign communications, and general exports and shipping information and practice.
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 1580
Book Description
Material is arranged geographically. For each country there is a country profile followed by information on marketing data, communications, transportation, business travel, key contacts, and a summary trade regulations and documentation required. Also included are brief sections on U.S. ports, U.S. foreign trade zones, World Trade Center Association members, U.S. government agencies providing assistance to exporters, foreign trade organizations, foreign communications, and general exports and shipping information and practice.
Cuba
Author: Cuba Oficina del censo
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Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
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Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Exporter's Encyclopaedia
Annual Report of Major General Leonard Wood, U.S.V., Commanding Division of Cuba
Author: United States. Army. Department of Cuba
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Matanza
Author: Thomas P. Anderson
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A comprehensive history of the 1932 slaughter in El Salvador.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A comprehensive history of the 1932 slaughter in El Salvador.
Exporters' Encyclopaedia
Commercial Cuba
Author: William Jared Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description