The sugar hacienda of the Marqueses del Valle / [by] Ward Barrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrett, Ward J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sugar trade--Mexico--Morelos--History.

Sugar trade.

Sugar growing--Mexico--Morelos--History.

Sugar growing.

Valle de Oaxaca (New Spain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plan

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1970]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a detailed history of a Mexican sugar plantation, the first such account to be published in English. The subject of the study is the Cortes plantation, which was established on the outskirts of Cuernavaca in about 1535 by Hernan Cortes.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE CORTÉS ESTATE; III. LEASING AND ADMINISTERING THE PLANTATION; IV. THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND WATER; V. FIELD MANAGEMENT AND YIELDS; VI. SUGARMAKING TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT; VII. LIVESTOCK AND SUPPLIES; VIII. LABOR; IX. COSTS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOR; X. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Appendixes; TABLES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DOCUMENTS AND PRINTED SOURCES; INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-139) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5703-3

OCLC:

233576488