American Sugar Kingdom
Subtitle: The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean, 1898-1934
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780807825068
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; American history: from c 1900 -; Economic History; International - General; Industries And Trades (Economic Aspects); International Trade; Puerto Rico; Business & Economics; History - General History; Business/Economics; Caribbean islands; History; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Sugar trade; Industries - General; 20th century; Cuba; Dominican Republic
First sentence: Sugar plantations have been central institutions in the economic development of the Caribbean for the last five hundred years.