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Matanzas
Bretos, Miguel A. (Senior Scholar National Portrait Gallery, Washington)
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Paperback. Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town.
Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813038100
SKU
V9780813038100
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About Bretos, Miguel A. (Senior Scholar National Portrait Gallery, Washington)
Miguel A. Bretos is retired as senior scholar from the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery, and is the author of four books, including Cuba and Florida: An Exploration of a Historical Connection, 1593-1991.
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