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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perez, Louis A., Jr., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prosperity so easily obtained
  • Passing into economic darkness
  • An uncertain source of wealth
  • To overcome sugar
  • To tremble in fear
  • To return to what was before "plus ça change."

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