PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I THE ISLAND OF CUBA
CHAPTER II THE HISTORY OF CUBA
CHAPTER III THE HISTORY OF CUBA (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER IV CUBA IN TRANSITION
CHAPTER V THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER VI THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER VII THE CONDITION OF CUBA
CHAPTER VIII THE FUTURE OF CUBA
CHAPTER IX CUBA'S SUGAR INDUSTRY
CHAPTER X CUBA'S TOBACCO INDUSTRY
CHAPTER XI CUBA'S MINERAL RESOURCES
CHAPTER XII LATENT AGRICULTURAL WEALTH
CHAPTER XIII FUTURE FARMING IN CUBA
CHAPTER XIV THE CAPITAL OF CUBA
CHAPTER XV THE PROVINCES OF CUBA
APPENDICES I COMMERCIAL CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA
INDEX
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CUBA AND HER
PEOPLE OF
TO-DAY
AN ACCOUNT OF THE
HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF THE ISLAND
PREVIOUS TO ITS INDEPENDENCE; A DESCRIPTION
OF ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES;
A STUDY OF ITS PEOPLE; AND, IN PARTICULAR,
AN EXAMINATION OF ITS PRESENT
POLITICAL CONDITIONS, ITS INDUSTRIES,
NATURAL RESOURCES, AND PROSPECTS;
TOGETHER WITH INFORMATION
AND SUGGESTIONS DESIGNED TO AID
THE PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR OR SETTLER
BY
FORBES LINDSAY
Author of “Panama and the Canal,” etc.
ILLUSTRATED FROM ORIGINAL AND SELECTED
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR
BOSTON L. C. PAGE
AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI
Copyright, 1911
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
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WHOSE INDOMITABLE ENERGY AND SPLENDID ENTERPRISE WILL
SHORTLY BRING CUBA INTO RAILROAD COMMUNICATION
WITH THE UNITED STATES, THIS VOLUME IS
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, AS A
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AUTHOR.
