Rice in the time of sugar : the political economy of food in Cuba / Louis A. Pérez Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez, Louis A., Jr., 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply.

History.

Balance of trade.

Economic conditions.

Sugarcane industry--Social aspects.

Sugarcane industry.

Exports--Social aspects.

Exports.

International economic relations.

Cuba--Foreign economic relations.

Cuba.

Exports--Social aspects--Cuba.

Sugarcane industry--Social aspects--Cuba.

Cuba--Economic conditions--History.

Balance of trade--Cuba--History.

Food supply--Cuba--History.

Economic history.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 249 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In this history of Cuba, Louis A. Pérez proposes a new Cuban counterpoint: rice, a staple central to the island's cuisine, and sugar, which dominated an export economy 150 years in the making. Pérez shows how the logic of the sugar trade resulted in the development of an agriculture for consumers abroad at the expense of consumers at home. In the process, dependency on food imports, a signal feature of the Cuban economy, was set in place"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prosperity so easily obtained

Passing into economic darkness

An uncertain source of wealth

To overcome sugar

To tremble in fear

To return to what was before "plus ça change".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469651415

1469651416

9781469651422

1469651424

OCLC:

1053584125