Barons, brokers, and buyers : the institutions and cultures of Philippine sugar /

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"This innovative ethnography takes a new approach to the study of Philippine sugar. Michael Billig examines sugar's decline within both the dynamic context of contemporary Philippine society and the global context of the international sugar market. His multi-sited ethnographic analysis foc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Billig, Michael S., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Sugar trade > Philippines.
Sucre > Industrie > Philippines.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Economic history
Social conditions
Sugar trade
Zuckerhandel
Geschichte
Suikerhandel.
Suikerindustrie.
Etnografie.
Philippines > Economic conditions.
Philippines > Social conditions.
Philippines > Conditions économiques.
Philippines > Conditions sociales.
Philippines
Philippinen
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The legacy of colonialism and neo-colonialism
  • Production, financing, CARP, and the U.S. quota
  • Property rights, Quedans, and the SRA
  • The great importation war
  • Rationalization, groupism, and the Chinese
  • Conclusion : the institutions and cultures of Philippine sugar.

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