American Sugar Kingdom
Subtitle: The Plantation Economy of the Spanish Caribbean, 1898-1934
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: November 10, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780807847886
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; American history: from c 1900 -; Economic History; Puerto Rico; Dominican Republic; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; International - Economics; Caribbean islands; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Caribbean; Spanish Caribbean; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; Economic History; development; underdevelopment; plantation agriculture; foreign investment; colonialism; imperialism; absentee ownership; monoculture; diversification (lack of); sugar industry; exports; industrial organization; interlocking directorates; oligopoly; monopoly; vertical integration; holding companies; Sugar trade; Industries - General; 20th century; Cuba; History