Introduction: The Havana mosaic : sweetness and light
Images of Havana
Havana as unique
The emergence of the city
Theoretical issues
The structure and aim of the book
1. The colony (1550s-1902). Historical overview
The city in the shadows
Pre-sugar Havana (1550s-1760s)
The boom city : sugar and the evolution of a capital (1750s-1901)
2. The republic (1902-1958). Historical overview
A nation without a capital, and capital without a nation (1902-33)
Havana as the 'cultural problem' (1934-58)
Bohemia case study
Conclusion
3. The revolution from 1959 to 1990. Historical overview
Dark days and revolutionary enlightenment (1959-71)
The grey years
Conformity and stagnation (the 1970s and 1980s)
Case study : bohemia and Granma
4. The revolution in a new light? : Havana as a new cultural space. Historical overview
The periódo especial and Havana
The evolution and rediscovery of a Havana culture
Case study : the casas de culture
Conclusion : Havana as chiaroscuro.
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Havana : the making of Cuban culture by Antoni Kapcia. ISBN 9781859738375. Published by Berg in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
