Agrarian Puerto Rico : reconsidering rural economy and society, 1899-1940 /

Agrarian Puerto Rico : reconsidering rural economy and society, 1899-1940 /

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Author / Creator:	Ayala, César J., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	xvii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century. Sugar plantations -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century. Sugar trade -- Puerto Rico -- History -- 20th century. Agriculture -- Economic aspects. Sugar plantations. Sugar trade. Puerto Rico. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12709213

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Other authors / contributors:	Bergad, Laird W., 1948- author.
ISBN:	9781108488464 1108488463 9781108763981
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The established historiography on early twentieth-century Puerto Rico is nearly unanimous on one aspect of the impact of U.S. rule in the aftermath of the 1898 invasion: large-scale absentee-owned sugar manufacturing corporations acquired extensive landed estates at the expense of Puerto Rican farmers who lost their land and were gradually converted into a labor force to serve these U.S.-based sugar companies. This narrative has been repeated over and again by nearly every major work on Puerto Rican history and serves as a point of departure for examining a wide range of other themes that have sought to assess the impact of U.S. colonial control over the island. The development of rural landlessness, social stratification, extreme forms of inequality in the countryside and economic dependence were all closely connected to the accumulation of large plantations by U.S.-owned corporations, or so the story has been told"--
Other form:	Online version: J. Ayala, César, 1960- Agrarian puerto rico New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108763981

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