When the giant Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation was formed in 1915, Manuel Rionda y Polledo was named its president. Spanish-born, Cuban sugar mill owner, and US businessman, he epitomizes the three forces dominating the sugar trade at the time, says McAvoy (history, Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts). She draws on the extensive and detailed family papers now in Florida. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)