Tampa Cigar Workers
Subtitle: A Pictorial History
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780813026022
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Other manufacturing technologies; Social groups & communities; Tobacco industry; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Employment; Cigar industry; Careers / Job Opportunities; Tampa; History: American; Florida; Careers - Job Almanacs; United States - State & Local - General; Cigar makers; Cuban Americans; History
Description: "Tampa Cigar Workers documents the history of the Cuban, Spanish, and Italian immigrants who created the cigar industry in Tampa and the extraordinary multi-ethnic community that flourished around it. More than 200 photos capture this community's personalities and way of life while commentary drawn from newspaper accounts, oral histories, and archival documents identifies and explains each photograph's historical place and significance.

In linking the photographs with historical text, the authors allow the cigar workers to tell their own story, in the language of their day."--BOOK JACKET.