The sugar king of Havana : the rise and fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's last tycoon /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2010.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-292) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594202582 1594202583 |