Our Cuban Colony: A Study in Sugar - Paperback

by Leland Hamilton Jenks (Author)

In Our Cuban Colony, Dr. Jenks' details the relations between the United States and Cuba from before the Spanish-American War to the early 20th century. This book provides a historical look at the rise of Cuban-American trade, the sugar industry, American capital investments before 1898, the Platt Amendment, Roosevelt's aims in Cuba, the World War, the Great Depression, American sugar and railway interests, and mining in Cuba.

Author Biography

Leland Hamilton Jenks (1892-1976) was a professor of economics and sociology at Wellesley College.