Industrial Cuba
by Robert P. Porter
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About this eBook
- Author
- Porter, Robert P. (Robert Percival), 1852-1917
- Title
- Industrial Cuba Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial Conditions, with Suggestions as to the Opportunities Presented in the Island for American Capital, Enterprise, and Labour
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- HC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Special topics
- Subject
- Cuba -- Economic conditions
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 41463
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41463
- Release Date
- November 23, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.INDUSTRIAL CUBA
- 2.INTRODUCTION
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.Illustrations — INDUSTRIAL CUBA
- 5.CHAPTER I CUBA—POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
- 6.CHAPTER II CONDITIONS WHICH CONFRONT US
- 7.CHAPTER III POLITICAL FUTURE OF CUBA
- 8.CHAPTER IV THE ENGLISH IN JAMAICA
- 9.CHAPTER V THE AMERICANS IN SANTIAGO
- 10.CHAPTER VI OUTLOOK IN CUBA FOR LABOUR
- 11.CHAPTER VII THE POPULATION OF CUBA — THE CUBANS — “THE NEGROES
- 12.CHAPTER VIII SANITARY WORK IN CUBA
- 13.CHAPTER IX CITIES AND TOWNS OF CUBA
- 14.CHAPTER X HAVANA
- 15.CHAPTER XI COLONEL WARING’S SANITARY REPORT — EXTRACTS FROM REPORT OF THE HAVANA YELLOW FEVER COMMISSION, 1879 — TEMPERATURE — RAINFALL — ANNUAL DEATHS IN HAVANA, 1870-79 — GEOLOGICAL FORMATION — THE CLEANSING OF THE HARBOUR — DRAINAGE — THE PAVING OF STREETS — DENSITY OF POPULATION — LA LUCHA OCTOBER, 21, 1896
- 16.CHAPTER XII MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS IN HAVANA
- 17.CHAPTER XIII BANKS AND CURRENCY
- 18.CHAPTER XIV PAYMENT OF INSURGENT SOLDIERS
- 19.CHAPTER XV REVENUE—CUSTOMS TARIFF
- 20.CHAPTER XVI THE AMENDED CUBAN TARIFF—OFFICIAL — CUSTOMS TARIFF FOR PORTS IN CUBA FREE LIST
- 21.CHAPTER XVII REVENUE OF CUBA—INTERNAL TAXES
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII HOW THE REVENUE WAS SPENT
- 23.CHAPTER XIX COMMERCE
- 24.CHAPTER XX SUGAR—HISTORY AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
- 25.CHAPTER XXI TOBACCO
- 26.CHAPTER XXII MINES AND MINING
- 27.CHAPTER XXIII AGRICULTURE AND STOCK
- 28.CHAPTER XXIV TIMBER AND FRUIT TREES
- 29.CHAPTER XXV TRANSPORTATION
- 30.CHAPTER XXVI NAVIGATION
- 31.CHAPTER XXVII EDUCATION AND RELIGION
- 32.CHAPTER XXVIII A VISIT TO GENERAL GOMEZ
- 33.CHAPTER XXIX CONCLUSION—A LOOK AHEAD
- 34.INDEX
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