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List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction : Un tipo muy popular
1. Key to the Indies
2. The hour of the Mameys
3. Paris of the Antilles
4. Cecilia, Cabildos, and Contradance
5. Stirrings of nationhood
6. Revolutions and retributions : from the Teatro Villanueva to the Maine
7. Many happy returns? U.S. occupation and its aftermath
8. Symbol of an era : Alberto Yarini y Ponce de León
9. Catch a Ford on the Malecón : Republican Havana's growth and decay
10. The Battle of Havana, 1933-35
11. Radio days
12. City lights : the fabulous fifties
13. Havana in revolution
14. Revolution with Pachanga : Havana transfigured
15. Russian meat, Miami butterflies, and other unexpected adventures
16. The blackout : Havana in the "special period" and beyond
Notes
Bibliographic sources and suggestions
Index.

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