Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 287 p)
,
ill., maps
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780807878064
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0807831921
,
9780807831922
Series Statement:
Envisioning Cuba
Content:
De la Fuente provides the first examination of the transformation of Havana into a vibrant Atlantic port city and the fastest-growing urban center in the Americas in the late sixteenth century. He shows how local ambitions took advantage of the imperial design and situates Havana within the slavery and economic systems of the colonial Atlantic
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; ONE: Introduction; TWO: The Port: Shipping and Trade; THREE: The Fleets and the Service Economy; FOUR: Urban Growth; FIVE: Production; SIX: Slavery and the Making of a Racial Order; SEVEN: The People of the Land; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807831922
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century
Language:
English
