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# Havana Before Castro by Peter Moruzzi

### When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground

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## Explore the Book

This book explores Havana from the perspective of an American tourist visiting the city during the first half of the 20th century and, many decades later, as a 21st century visitor intent on rediscovering the city’s astonishing past.

- From Spanish Colony to Cuban Republic
- Sugar, Rum, and Cigars
- Havana between the World Wars
- The Tragedy of Cuban Politics
- Cuba’s Postwar Tourist Explosion
- Drinking, Dining, and Dancing
- Tropicana
- Havana at Night
- Life as a Habanero
- Cuba’s Incredible Music Scene
- Havana and the Mob
- Havana Riviera
- Habana Hilton
- Havana’s Other Fabulous Hotels
- Havana Modern
- New Year’s 1958 and Beyond

- From Spanish Colony to Cuban Republic
- Sugar, Rum, and Cigars
- Havana between the World Wars
- The Tragedy of Cuban Politics
- Cuba’s Postwar Tourist Explosion
- Drinking, Dining, and Dancing
- Tropicana
- Havana at Night
- Life as a Habanero
- Cuba’s Incredible Music Scene
- Havana and the Mob
- Havana Riviera
- Habana Hilton
- Havana’s Other Fabulous Hotels
- Havana Modern
- New Year’s 1958 and Beyond

Chapter 7

From Spanish Colony to Cuban Republic