LEADER 03322nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910777961303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0572-4 010 $a0-8078-8858-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764472 035 $a(EBL)454799 035 $a(OCoLC)401386259 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000133246 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11132087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133246 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10041686 035 $a(PQKB)10813246 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245716 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454799 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10310770 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454799 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764472 100 $a20080505d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Cuban connection$b[electronic resource] $edrug trafficking, smuggling, and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution /$fEduardo Sa?enz Rovner ; translated by Russ Davidson 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 225 1 $aLatin America in translation/en traduccio?n/em traduc?a?o 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-3210-1 311 $a0-8078-3175-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-236) and index. 327 $aU.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 Pri?o Socarra?s 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. 330 $aA comprehensive history of crime and corruption in Cuba, The Cuban Connection challenges the common view that widespread poverty and geographic proximity to the United States were the prime reasons for soaring rates of drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling, and prostitution in the tumultuous decades preceding the Cuban revolution. Eduardo Saenz Rovner argues that Cuba's historically well-established integration into international migration, commerce, and transportation networks combined with political instability and rampant official corruption to help lay the foundation for the develop 410 0$aLatin America in translation/en traduccio?n/em traduc?a?o. 606 $aDrug traffic$zCuba$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aOrganized crime$zCuba$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGambling$zCuba$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zCuba 607 $aCuba$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aDrug traffic$xHistory 615 0$aOrganized crime$xHistory 615 0$aGambling$xHistory 676 $a364.1/0609729109041 700 $aSa?enz Rovner$b Eduardo$01522206 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777961303321 996 $aThe Cuban connection$93761805 997 $aUNINA