Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 151
Trim: 6½ x 8½
978-0-8420-2657-4 • Hardback • April 1998 • $136.00 • (£105.00)
978-0-8420-2658-1 • Paperback • March 1998 • $40.00 • (£31.00)
978-0-585-28209-1 • eBook • October 2004 • $38.00 • (£29.00)
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 February 1859
Chapter 3 March 1859
Chapter 4 Bibliographical Essay: Selected Travel Titles
Eminently readable. Little escapes Dimock's penetrating gaze, and political prejudice, class and racial divisions, the sugar economy, role of the Catholic Church, and slavery are all viewed through the optique of a Yankee superiority complex.
— John M. Kirk
A fascinating look at mid-19th-century Cuba. Dimock makes many interesting observations on the people, fauna, and culture of Cuba, but perhaps more revealing are the racist and jingoistic attitudes he reveals when arguing that the United States could make Cuba a vibrant, rich economy instead of the disaster he felt the Spanish and Cubans had made of it.
— Library Journal