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Havana’s role in Cuban national life is discussed in Susan Eva Eckstein, Back from the Future: Cuba Under Castro (1994). Travel books include Günter Grau, Havana, trans. from German (1985); and Havana & the Best of Cuba (2001). Daily life, economic and societal changes, and architectural restoration are examined in John J. Putman, “Cuba,” National Geographic, vol. 195, pp. 2–35 (June 1999); and A.R. Williams, “The Rebirth of Old Havana,” National Geographic, vol. 195, pp. 36–45 (June 1999). Historical topics are treated in John Robert McNeill, Atlantic Empires of France and Spain: Louisbourg and Havana, 1700–1763 (1985); David Syrett (compiler), The Siege and Capture of Havana, 1762 (1970); and María Lobo Montalvo, Zoila Lapique Becali, and Alicia García Santana, Havana: History and Architecture of a Romantic City (2000).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Convention - Old Havana and its Fortification System. | Aug 15, 2025 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 03, 2023 | ||
| Updated population data. | Sep 21, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Aug 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Organization of World Heritage Cities - Havana, Cuba. | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Aug 27, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 30, 2016 | ||
| Replaced photographs. | Sep 04, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Feb 04, 2015 | ||
| Geography section revised and updated. | Aug 02, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | May 07, 2013 | ||
| Changed the number of provinces in Cuba from "14" to "15" and updated the population. |
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Jan 17, 2013 | |
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Havana, Cuba. | Dec 21, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Havana, Cuba. | Dec 21, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Havana, Cuba. | Dec 21, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Havana. | Dec 21, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Havana. | Jul 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Paseos por La Habana - Guia de la Habana, Cuba. | Jun 18, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Paseos por La Habana - Guia de la Habana, Cuba. | Jun 18, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 01, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 03, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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