Cuban currency : the dollar and "special period" fiction / Esther Whitfield.

Author/creator Whitfield, Esther Katheryn
Format Book
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.
Description217 pages ; 23 cm.
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SeriesCultural studies of the Americas ; v. 21
Cultural studies of the Americas ; v. 21. ^A413273
Contents Selling like hot bread : new money, new markets -- Dollar trouble : the roots of special period fiction -- Covering for banknotes : books, money, and the Cuban short story -- Markets in the margins : the allure of Centro Habana -- The ruined city : artists and spectators of decay.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-210) and index.
LCCN 2007044595
ISBN9780816650361 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816650365 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816650378 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN0816650373 (pb : alk. paper)