American sugar kingdom : the plantation economy of the Spanish Caribbean, 1898-1934 /

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"Examines patterns of investment and principal groups of investors, interactions between U.S. capitalists and native planters, contrasts between new and old regions of sugar monoculture, the historical formation of the working class on sugar plantations, and patterns of labor migration."--...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ayala, César J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1898-1934.
Sugar trade > Cuba > History > 20th century.
Sugar trade > Puerto Rico > History > 20th century.
Sugar trade > Dominican Republic > History > 20th century.
Sugar trade > United States > History > 20th century.
Sucre > Industrie > Cuba > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sucre > Industrie > Porto Rico > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sucre > Industrie > République dominicaine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sucre > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
Sugar trade
Zuckerrohrplantage
Wirtschaft
Suikerrietplantages.
Imperialisme.
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
United States
Hispanophone Karibik
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Caribbean plantation system
  • The horizontal consolidation of the U.S. sugar refining industry
  • The sugar tariff and vertical integration
  • Vertical integration in the colonies
  • The colonos
  • Labor and migration
  • The twentieth-century plantation
  • Economic collapse and revolution.

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