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Hard cover. Condizione: Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 226 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name; clean tight pages, no bent corners; LOOKS BRAND NEW HC 236.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 303 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. One small 2" x 2" book plate lower right corner front end paper. Very good dust jacket. Note: There are three light dings to the lower edge of the front board. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Bretos has not only conferred on his beloved Matanzas its rightful place in history but he has provided students and fans of Cuban history with a significant launching point into the future."--Miami Herald"A marvelously well-researched and engagingly written combination of urban biography and personal autobiography. . . . Erudite and highly instructive, enormously enhanced with outstanding illustrations."--Choice Matanzas is the Cuban city nearest the United States. Located on the north shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas, sandwiched between Havana and Varadero, it is a mere ninety miles from Florida. The "Athens of Cuba," as it was known in the heyday of the nineteenth-century slave-driven, sugar-based boom, Matanzas is renowned for its cultural heritage.It is the birthplace of the traditional romantic danzon--Cuba's national dance--and the sensual rhythmic guaguanco, a product of the city's preeminence as a hub of Afro-Cuban culture. Matanzas is the only foreign place in which an American vice president was sworn into office. Matanceros engaged in heavy commercial trading with Boston merchants for decades, exporting sugar and importing hard granite cobblestones to pave the streets. It is the place where Cuban baseball and modern Cuban art began. The city was home to the country's first building wired for electricity, the first electric street cars, and the first public library, --yet most Americans have never heard of it.Miguel Bretos's fascinating history of his hometown seeks to remedy that oversight. Bretos arrived in the United States at age eighteen, but his family retains close ties to the city where they lived for generations. From the aboriginal Tainos to the coming of revolution, Bretos unfolds the Matanzas story with solid research, wit, clarity, and the kind of vivid detail that can come only from an insider. Miguel A. Bretos is retired as senior scholar from the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery and is the author of four books, including Cuba and Florida: An Exploration of a Historical Connection, 1593-1991. Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards ave little to no wear. edges of pages have little to no wear. mylar-covered dust jacket has little to no wear. OVERSIZE BOOK: INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL POSTAGE.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 336 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Condizione: New. Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456. . 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Oversized hardback book (302 pages) titled RETRATOS: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits. Beautifully illustrated with more than 100 paintings and sculptures. Light rubbing on dust jacket. International shipping will require additional charge. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-4-top-L) rareviewbooks.

Condizione: New. Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456. . 2011. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: As New. First Edition. This is a fine, as new, first edition paperback copy, pale gray spine. Text in Spanish.

Condizione: New.

First two issues, 8p. each, 8.5x11 inches, news, articles, events, exhibits, photos, single horizontal fold creases for mailing otherwise very good newsletters on glossy white stapled stock.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. Jacket is slightly shelf worn. Cover boards are in good condition. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine Condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine Condition. 303 pages 212 illustrations 200 in color. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in cranberry colored cloth covered boards with gold lettering to the cover and spine. Illustrative endpapers. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the El Museo del Barrio, New York NY December 3, 2004-March 20, 2005, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA April 16-July 12, 2005, the National Portrait Gallery at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC October 21, 2005-January 8, 2006 and the San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio TX February 4-April 30, 2006. Book.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Bretos has not only conferred on his beloved Matanzas its rightful place in history but he has provided students and fans of Cuban history with a significant launching point into the future."--Miami Herald"A marvelously well-researched and engagingly written combination of urban biography and personal autobiography. . . . Erudite and highly instructive, enormously enhanced with outstanding illustrations."--Choice Matanzas is the Cuban city nearest the United States. Located on the north shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas, sandwiched between Havana and Varadero, it is a mere ninety miles from Florida. The "Athens of Cuba," as it was known in the heyday of the nineteenth-century slave-driven, sugar-based boom, Matanzas is renowned for its cultural heritage.It is the birthplace of the traditional romantic danzon--Cuba's national dance--and the sensual rhythmic guaguanco, a product of the city's preeminence as a hub of Afro-Cuban culture. Matanzas is the only foreign place in which an American vice president was sworn into office. Matanceros engaged in heavy commercial trading with Boston merchants for decades, exporting sugar and importing hard granite cobblestones to pave the streets. It is the place where Cuban baseball and modern Cuban art began. The city was home to the country's first building wired for electricity, the first electric street cars, and the first public library, --yet most Americans have never heard of it.Miguel Bretos's fascinating history of his hometown seeks to remedy that oversight. Bretos arrived in the United States at age eighteen, but his family retains close ties to the city where they lived for generations. From the aboriginal Tainos to the coming of revolution, Bretos unfolds the Matanzas story with solid research, wit, clarity, and the kind of vivid detail that can come only from an insider. Miguel A. Bretos is retired as senior scholar from the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery and is the author of four books, including Cuba and Florida: An Exploration of a Historical Connection, 1593-1991. Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. Like New. Yale University Press in association with San Antonio Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and El Museo de Barrio, 2004.

Condizione: New. Matanzas - the name means 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 plac.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 1997 American Alliance of Museums large format paperback edition. Light reading wear, minor marks to cover else very good condition.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Matanzas - the name means '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. This title presents the history of the town.