A coffee frontier
Subtitle: land, society, and politics in Duaca, Venezuela, 1830-1936
By: Doug Yarrington.
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Coffee industry -- Venezuela -- Crespo -- History.; Coffee industry -- Venezuela -- Duaca -- History.; Crespo (Venezuela) -- Politics and government.; Duaca (Venezuela) -- Politics and government.
Description: "Meticulously researched and well written, this regional study details the evolution of rural society in the Lara region.  Argues that coffee production in Duaca produced a large and autonomous peasantry but that, in the early 20th century, local elites used their connections with the centralizing state to monopolize land and resources, curtailing the autonomy of smallholders"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-262) and index.