This study, based primarily on previously unavailable private records of sugarcane plantations, examines the external and internal dynamics of the sugar industry. It offers new insights into the process of land consolidation, the economics of sugar technology and production, the formation of the coastal elite, and the organization, recruitment, and control of labor. By focusing on the plantation Cayalti within a regional context, Gonzales presents one of the richest descriptions of the modern plantation for any region of Latin America. The book is a vivid social history of laborers from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds, from Chinese to Peruvians of Indian, mestizo, and black heritage.
This study, based primarily on previously unavailable private records of sugarcane plantations, examines the external and internal dynamics of the sugar industry. It offers new insights into the process of land consolidation, the economics of sugar technology and production, the formation of the coastal elite, and the organization, recruitment, and control of labor. By focusing on the plantation Cayalti within a regional context, Gonzales presents one of the richest descriptions of the modern plantation for any region of Latin America. The book is a vivid social history of laborers from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds, from Chinese to Peruvians of Indian, mestizo, and black heritage.
Plantation Agriculture and Social Control in Northern Peru, 1875-1933
252Plantation Agriculture and Social Control in Northern Peru, 1875-1933
252Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781477306000 |
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Publisher: | University of Texas Press |
Publication date: | 05/01/1985 |
Series: | LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series , #62 |
Pages: | 252 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |