Rice in the time of sugar : the political economy of food in Cuba /

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"In this history of Cuba, Louis A. Pérez 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. Pérez shows how the logic of the sugar trade resulted in the development of an agriculture for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pérez, Louis A., Jr., 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Temas:
Exports > Social aspects > Cuba.
Sugarcane industry > Social aspects > Cuba.
Balance of trade > Cuba > History.
Food supply > Cuba > History.
Exportations > Aspect social > Cuba.
Canne à sucre > Industrie > Aspect social > Cuba.
Balance commerciale > Cuba > Histoire.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Cuba > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > Cuba.
Balance of trade
Economic history
Exports > Social aspects
Food supply
International economic relations
Sugarcane industry > Social aspects
Cuba > Foreign economic relations.
Cuba > Economic conditions > History.
Cuba > Relations économiques extérieures.
Cuba
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In this history of Cuba, Louis A. Pérez 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. Pérez 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 : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781469651439
1469651432
9781469651446
1469651440

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