The sweet and the bitter: Cuban and Puerto Rican responses to the mid-nineteenth-century sugar challenge

The sweet and the bitter: Cuban and Puerto Rican responses to the mid-nineteenth-century sugar challenge

Comparative study of the mid-19th-c. world market sugar pressures in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Both colonies responded differently to these pressures, a reflection of divergent levels of capital resources and adaptability. The Cubans sought to expand sugar production, while planters in Puerto Rico fell...

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Main Author: Luis Martinez-Fernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 1993-01-01
Series:NWIG
Subjects:
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Sugar
Economic History
Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3309
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NWIG
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Sugar
Economic History
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title The sweet and the bitter: Cuban and Puerto Rican responses to the mid-nineteenth-century sugar challenge
title_short The sweet and the bitter: Cuban and Puerto Rican responses to the mid-nineteenth-century sugar challenge
title_full The sweet and the bitter: Cuban and Puerto Rican responses to the mid-nineteenth-century sugar challenge
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title_full_unstemmed The sweet and the bitter: Cuban and Puerto Rican responses to the mid-nineteenth-century sugar challenge
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description Comparative study of the mid-19th-c. world market sugar pressures in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Both colonies responded differently to these pressures, a reflection of divergent levels of capital resources and adaptability. The Cubans sought to expand sugar production, while planters in Puerto Rico fell victim to stagnation and decline.
topic Cuba
Puerto Rico
Sugar
Economic History
url http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3309
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