Rice in the Time of Sugar : The Political Economy of Food in Cuba /

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"In this history of Cuba, Louis A. Perez proposes a new Cuban counterpoint: rice, a staple central to the island's cuisine, and sugar, which dominated an export economy 150 years in the making. Perez shows how the logic of the sugar trade resulted in the development of an agriculture for c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Perez, Louis A., Jr., 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sugarcane industry > Social aspects.
International economic relations.
Food supply.
Exports > Social aspects.
Economic history.
Balance of trade.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Balance commerciale > Cuba > Histoire.
Canne à sucre > Industrie > Aspect social > Cuba.
Exportations > Aspect social > Cuba.
Food supply > Cuba > History.
Balance of trade > Cuba > History.
Sugarcane industry > Social aspects > Cuba.
Exports > Social aspects > Cuba.
Cuba.
Cuba > Relations economiques exterieures.
Cuba > Economic conditions > History.
Cuba > Foreign economic relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In this history of Cuba, Louis A. Perez proposes a new Cuban counterpoint: rice, a staple central to the island's cuisine, and sugar, which dominated an export economy 150 years in the making. Perez shows how the logic of the sugar trade resulted in the development of an agriculture for consumers abroad at the expense of consumers at home. In the process, dependency on food imports, a signal feature of the Cuban economy, was set in place"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469651446

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