| Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century Contributor(s): de la Fuente, Alejandro (Author), García del Pino, César (With), Iglesias Delgado, Bernardo (With) |
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ISBN: 0807871877 ISBN-13: 9780807871874 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - Cuba - History | Latin America - General |
| Dewey: 972.912 |
| LCCN: 2007044528 |
| Series: Envisioning Cuba (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.97 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Havana in the 1550s was a small coastal village with a very limited population that was vulnerable to attack. By 1610, however, under Spanish rule it had become one of the best-fortified port cities in the world and an Atlantic center of shipping, commerce, and shipbuilding. Using all available local Cuban sources, Alejandro 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): de la Fuente, Alejandro: - Alejandro de la Fuente is University Center for International Studies Research Professor of History and Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. |