Rice in the time of sugar : the political economy of food in Cuba / Louis A. Pérez Jr

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Pérez, Louis A., Jr, 1943- [author.]

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9781469651439
1469651432
9781469651446
1469651440

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rice in the time of sugar.DDC classification:

338.1/97291 23

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HC152.5 .P473 2019eb

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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."

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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."

"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"-- Provided by publisher

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