Rural elite and peasant strategies in the restructuring of the coffee market in Veracruz, Mexico, 1989-1996

This thesis is based on two main arguments. First, the coffee market is strongly regulated and embedded because of its natural setting and social make up. Coffee is a perennial cash crop mainly cultivated in tropical and semi-tropical mountains, where small producers have played an important role. I...

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Main Author: Diaz Pineda, Hector Manuel
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.439444