Matanzas : the Cuba nobody knows / Miguel A. Bretos.

• One last vuelta -- The bay of slaughters -- Governor Manzaneda's castle -- Green tobacco and a clever marquis -- Coffee cup and sugar bowl -- The year of the lash -- Tyre of the Western seas -- Athens of Cuba -- Disguises and holy spaces -- The tyranny of nearness -- Las alturas de Simpson -- Forget the Maine! -- The city sleeps -- Nightmares and cold sweats -- Kilowatts and revolution -- Deus ex machine gun -- Nero's cheer -- Return to the city of rivers.

• 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' fascinating history of his hometown remedies this oversight. 

Ämnesord

Mexico  (sao)

Centralamerika  (sao)

Matanzas (Cuba)  -- History. (LCSH)

Matanzas (Cuba)  -- Description and travel. (LCSH)

Matanzas (Cuba)  -- Social life and customs. (LCSH)

Matanzas (Cuba)  -- Biography. (LCSH)

Klassifikation

972.91/3 (DDC)

Nqchaaz Matanzas (kssb/8)