Bound in Twine : The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American and Canadian Plain /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Sterling, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2007.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Great Plains > Economic conditions.
Yaqui Indians > History.
Twine industry > North America > History.
Twine industry > Mexico > Yucatán (State) > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • On the history of binders and twine: agricultural and industrial transformations in North America
  • Yucatán's henequen industry: social and environmental transformations
  • Yaquis in Yucatán: imported slave labor and the Sonora connection
  • Twine diplomacy: Yucatán, the United States, and Canada during the "sisal situation" of 1915
  • Prison-made twine: the role of the penitentiaries in the henequen-wheat complex
  • Decline, depression, and drought: economic and environmental change in the Great Plains and Yucatán, 1916-1939
  • Competition and combines: the end of the henequen-wheat story
  • Conclusion: bound in twine.

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