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- catalog abstract ""In the only English-language book devoted to Cuba's Isle of Youth, Jane McManus writes the history of the small island just off Cuba's southern coast from the turn of the twentieth century - when American settlers and speculators moved to what was then the Isle of Pines, to the turn of the twenty-first - as the idealistic Cuban youth for whom it was renamed (in the 1970s) are retiring." "Employing oral histories to flesh out the economic, political, and cultural facts of this Caribbean frontier, McManus interviewed residents from all periods of the island's immigration and development: American settlement during the first quarter of the century; Japanese, Jamaican, and Cayman Island immigration during the second quarter; and its radical transformation, after 1960, by the presence of thousands of young Cubans from the main island who became its permanent residents and were joined, temporarily, by students from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Her interviews describe life on the island as remembered by both immigrants and natives - from pirates, soldiers, and planters to housekeepers, fisherman, and students - and include testimony from the last American on the island."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11577778.
- catalog coverage "Isla de la Juventud (Cuba) History.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Employing oral histories to flesh out the economic, political, and cultural facts of this Caribbean frontier, McManus interviewed residents from all periods of the island's immigration and development: American settlement during the first quarter of the century; Japanese, Jamaican, and Cayman Island immigration during the second quarter; and its radical transformation, after 1960, by the presence of thousands of young Cubans from the main island who became its permanent residents and were joined, temporarily, by students from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.".
- catalog description ""In the only English-language book devoted to Cuba's Isle of Youth, Jane McManus writes the history of the small island just off Cuba's southern coast from the turn of the twentieth century - when American settlers and speculators moved to what was then the Isle of Pines, to the turn of the twenty-first - as the idealistic Cuban youth for whom it was renamed (in the 1970s) are retiring."".
- catalog description "1. The American Occupation -- 2. The Long Depression -- 3. Changing the Face of the Isle -- Epilogue: Daughter of the Caribbean.".
- catalog description "Her interviews describe life on the island as remembered by both immigrants and natives - from pirates, soldiers, and planters to housekeepers, fisherman, and students - and include testimony from the last American on the island."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-181) and index.".
- catalog extent "xx, 195 p :".
- catalog identifier "0813017416 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gainesville : University Press of Florida,".
- catalog spatial "Isla de la Juventud (Cuba) History.".
- catalog subject "972.91/25 21".
- catalog subject "F1799.I8 M36 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The American Occupation -- 2. The Long Depression -- 3. Changing the Face of the Isle -- Epilogue: Daughter of the Caribbean.".
- catalog title "Cuba's island of dreams : voices from the Isle of Pines and Youth / Jane McManus.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".