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The Resource The Cuban connection : drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution, Eduardo Sáenz Rovner ; translated by Russ Davidson

The Cuban connection : drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution, Eduardo Sáenz Rovner ; translated by Russ Davidson

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"A comprehensive history of crime and corruption in Cuba, The Cuban Connection challenges the common view that widespread poverty and geographic proximity to the United States were the prime reasons for soaring rates of drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling, and prostitution in the tumultuous decades preceding the Cuban revolution. Eduardo Saenz Rovner argues that Cuba's historically well-established integration into international migration, commerce, and transportation networks combined with political instability and rampant official corruption to help lay the foundation for the development of organized crime structures powerful enough to affect Cuba's domestic and foreign politics and its very identity as a nation." "Saenz traces the routes taken around the world by traffickers and smugglers. After Cuba, the most important player in this story is the United States. The involvement of gangsters and corrupt U.S. officials and businessmen enabled prohibited substances to reach a strong market in the United States, from rum running during Prohibition to increased demand for narcotics during the Cold War. Originally published in Colombia in 2005, the book has been revised and updated by the author for this first English-language edition."--Jacket
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 247 pages).
Note
Originally published: La conexión cubana : narcotráfico, contrabando y juego en Cuba entre los años 20 y comienzos de la Revolución / Eduardo Sáenz Rovner. Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colección CES, ©2005
Contents
  • U.S. prohibition and smuggling from Cuba
  • Drug trafficking and political anarchy during the 1930s
  • The Chinese and opium consumption in Cuba
  • Corruption and drug trafficking in Cuba during the Second World War and the early postwar years
  • Lucky Luciano in Cuba
  • The Prío Socarrás government and drug trafficking
  • Gambling in Cuba
  • The Andean connection
  • Contacts in France
  • The Batista dictatorship and drug trafficking
  • Revolution
  • The diplomacy of drug trafficking at the beginning of the Revolution
Isbn
9780807888582
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The Cuban connection : drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution
Title
The Cuban connection
Title remainder
drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution
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Eduardo Sáenz Rovner ; translated by Russ Davidson
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Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
"A comprehensive history of crime and corruption in Cuba, The Cuban Connection challenges the common view that widespread poverty and geographic proximity to the United States were the prime reasons for soaring rates of drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling, and prostitution in the tumultuous decades preceding the Cuban revolution. Eduardo Saenz Rovner argues that Cuba's historically well-established integration into international migration, commerce, and transportation networks combined with political instability and rampant official corruption to help lay the foundation for the development of organized crime structures powerful enough to affect Cuba's domestic and foreign politics and its very identity as a nation." "Saenz traces the routes taken around the world by traffickers and smugglers. After Cuba, the most important player in this story is the United States. The involvement of gangsters and corrupt U.S. officials and businessmen enabled prohibited substances to reach a strong market in the United States, from rum running during Prohibition to increased demand for narcotics during the Cold War. Originally published in Colombia in 2005, the book has been revised and updated by the author for this first English-language edition."--Jacket
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Sáenz Rovner, Eduardo
Dewey number
364.1/0609729109041
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
HV5840.C85
LC item number
S2418 2008eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução
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  • Drug traffic
  • Organized crime
  • Gambling
  • United States
  • Cuba
  • TRUE CRIME
  • HISTORY
  • Drug traffic
  • Gambling
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Organized crime
  • Cuba
  • United States
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The Cuban connection : drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution, Eduardo Sáenz Rovner ; translated by Russ Davidson
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Publication
Note
Originally published: La conexión cubana : narcotráfico, contrabando y juego en Cuba entre los años 20 y comienzos de la Revolución / Eduardo Sáenz Rovner. Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colección CES, ©2005
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-236) and index
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online resource
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cr
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rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
U.S. prohibition and smuggling from Cuba -- Drug trafficking and political anarchy during the 1930s -- The Chinese and opium consumption in Cuba -- Corruption and drug trafficking in Cuba during the Second World War and the early postwar years -- Lucky Luciano in Cuba -- The Prío Socarrás government and drug trafficking -- Gambling in Cuba -- The Andean connection -- Contacts in France -- The Batista dictatorship and drug trafficking -- Revolution -- The diplomacy of drug trafficking at the beginning of the Revolution
Control code
401386259
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 247 pages).
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780807888582
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unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
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22573/ctt62h39
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not applicable
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unknown
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)401386259
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
The Cuban connection : drug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution, Eduardo Sáenz Rovner ; translated by Russ Davidson
Publication
Note
Originally published: La conexión cubana : narcotráfico, contrabando y juego en Cuba entre los años 20 y comienzos de la Revolución / Eduardo Sáenz Rovner. Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colección CES, ©2005
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-236) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
U.S. prohibition and smuggling from Cuba -- Drug trafficking and political anarchy during the 1930s -- The Chinese and opium consumption in Cuba -- Corruption and drug trafficking in Cuba during the Second World War and the early postwar years -- Lucky Luciano in Cuba -- The Prío Socarrás government and drug trafficking -- Gambling in Cuba -- The Andean connection -- Contacts in France -- The Batista dictatorship and drug trafficking -- Revolution -- The diplomacy of drug trafficking at the beginning of the Revolution
Control code
401386259
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xii, 247 pages).
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780807888582
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt62h39
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)401386259
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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