title: Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century: Envisioning Cuba
author:  Alejandro de la Fuente 
description: Provides remarkably broad coverage of a town undergoing dizzying transformation of its economy, demography, social structure, politics, urban form and racial order. . . . A major accomplishment.-- H-NET<br /><br /><br /><br />An exciting and pioneering work. . . . Meticulous research in reconstructing Havana's initial economic, population, and urban growth.--<i>Colonial Latin America Review</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Based on impressive archival research. . . . The material is presented thematically, allowing the reader to develop a synthetic vision of how Havana's growth related to the emergent realities of the Atlantic world. . . . A lucid and definitive work.--<i>Journal of Latin American Studies</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Instructors of upper-division undergraduate or graduate history courses are particularly encouraged to consider using this work as a convincing and deeply-researched example of the economic and cultural interconnectedness of the Atlantic, particularly across national and imperial borders.--<i>Caribbean Studies</i><br /><br /><br /><br />A contribution to Atlantic history. . . . Recommended.--<i>Choice</i><br /><br /><br /><br />A most welcome addition to the emerging field of Atlantic studies and to Cuban historiography. . . . Sets the ground and leads the way. . . . An invitation for more Atlantic-oriented urban studies and conversations.--<i>William and Mary Quarterly</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Helps to close the historiographical gap of pre-eighteenth-century Cuba. . . . A convincing and deeply-researched example of the economic and cultural interconnectedness of the Atlantic, particularly across national and imperial borders.--<i>Caribbean Studies</i><br /><br /><br /><br />With this impressively researched and delightfully written publication, the early history of Havana is not only meticulously recaptured but also propelled into the category of exemplary studies for Cuba, the Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic World. . . . An enthralling, comprehensive and complex story of Havana in its formative stage. . . . An exceptional contribution to the entire history of the Americas.--<i>International Journal of Maritime History</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Explores a critical but neglected milieu in the formation of the early Atlantic world. . . . Wonderfully researched and vividly documented social historical account of early Havana.--<i>Hispanic American Historical Review</i><br /><br /><br /><br />A significant contribution to understandings of colonial trade . . . . De la Fuente has filled a long-neglected historiographical gap and provides historians with an engaging model for studying the interplay between local actors and larger imperial forces.--<i>American Historical Review</i><br /><br />
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  # TO CUBA AND BACK
  
  ## BY  
    
  RICHARD HENRY DANA, JR.  
    
  1887
  
  ### CONTENTS
  
  **[ I. ](text00000.html#filepos0000005141) ** | —From Manhattan to El Morro  
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  [ II. ](text00000.html#filepos0000011877) | —Havana: _First Glimpses (1)_  
  [ III. ](text00000.html#filepos0000022228) | —Havana: _First Glimpses (2)_  
  [ IV. ](text00000.html#filepos0000035273) | —Havana: _Prisoners and Priests_  
  [ V. ](text00000.html#filepos0000044301) | —Havana: _Olla Podrida_  
  [ VI. ](text00000.html#filepos0000059635) | —Havana: _A Social Sunday_  
  [ VII. ](text00000.html#filepos0000068174) | —Havana: _Belén and the Jesuits_  
  [ VIII. ](text00000.html#filepos0000081324) | —Matanzas  
  [ IX. ](text00000.html#filepos0000089253) | —To Limonar by Train  
  [ X. ](text00000.html#filepos0000099848) | —A Sugar Plantation: _The Labor_  
  [ XI. ](text00000.html#filepos0000133821) | —A Sugar Plantation: _The Life_  
  [ XII. ](text00000.html#filepos0000145118) | —From Plantation to Plantation  
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