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Tampa Cigar Workers - by Robert P Ingalls & Louis A Pérez (Paperback)
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- Florida Historical Society Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore AwardFrom the founding of Ybor City in 1886 to the dispersal of Tampa's Latin population in the years following World War II, Tampa's 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.
- Author(s): Robert P Ingalls & Louis A Pérez
- 247 Pages
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About the Book
Featuring more than 200 photos, this book documents the history of the immigrants who created the cigar industry in Tampa and the extraordinary multi-ethnic community that flourished around it.Book Synopsis
Florida Historical Society Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award
From the founding of Ybor City in 1886 to the dispersal of Tampa's Latin population in the years following World War II, Tampa's 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.
The rich photographic record around which the book is organized communicates the lives of these workers not only in the workplace but also in their vibrant Ybor City and West Tampa neighborhoods. The book depicts the making of cigars, the work culture, local support for the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898), unions and strikes, community institutions such as mutual aid clubs, leisure activities, and social practices surrounding courtship, marriage, and death. Highlighting the diversity of the cigar workers' community, the authors present an inspiring and deeply moving story of how these immigrants carved out their space in Tampa while struggling to survive economically and defending their ideals and way of life.
Review Quotes
"Tampa cigar workers were people of such strength and vision
that their influence on Tampa endures to this day. Read Tampa Cigar Workers
to understand why so many native Tampa residents are proud to say they are the
descendants of laborers who spent their days handling tobacco leaves--and
building a better life for their families and the city."--Tampa Tribune
"The various images that fill the book and the timely quotes
from contemporary sources and reminiscences that bolster these images make this
collection a true treasure."--Florida Historical Quarterly