Teresita A. Levy

Puerto Ricans in the Empire: Tobacco Growers and U.S. Colonialism

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Produktbeschreibung

Most studies of Puerto Rico's relations with the United States have focused on the sugar industry, recounting a tale of victimization and imperial abuse driven by the interests of US sugar companies. But in Puerto Ricans in the Empire, Teresita A. Levy looks at a different agricultural sector, tobacco growing, and tells a story in which Puerto Ricans challenged US officials and fought successfully for legislation that benefited the island.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: 18 bis 22 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780813571324
• ISBN-10: 0813571324
• Artikelnr.: 40845504

Autorenporträt

TERESITA A. LEVY is an assistant professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican studies at Lehman College, City University of New York, and the associate director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center of CUNY.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1          The Development of the Tobacco Economy
2          Life in the Tobacco Regions
3          Politics: Tobacco Growers and Agricultural Organizations
4          Law: The Extension of Federal Agricultural Credit Legislation to
Puerto Rico
5          Technology: The Science of Tobacco