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The second conquest of Latin America : coffee, henequen, and oil during the export boom, 1850-1930 / edited by Steven C. Topik and Allen Wells.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- LLILAS Critical Reflections on Latin America Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Coffee industry--Latin America--History.
- Coffee industry.
- Henequen industry--Latin America--History.
- Henequen industry.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Latin America--History.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Exports--Latin America--History.
- Exports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- How Latin America's exporting of three major commodities changed the region.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Latin America's Response to International Markets during the Export Boom
- 2. Coffee
- 3. Henequen
- 4. Oil
- 5. An Alternative Approach
- 6. Retrospect and Prospect: The Dance of the Commodities
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index
- Map
- Commodity Distribution of Coffee, Henequen, and Oil in Latin America, 1850-1930
- Tables
- Chapter 2
- 1. Percentage of World Consumption Supplied by Various Latin American Countries
- 2. World Coffee Market, 1893-1930
- 3. Coffee as a Percentage of National Exports
- 4. Coffee Exports as a Percentage of GDP
- Chapter 3
- 1. Philippine Manila Exports, 1850-1890
- 2. Henequen Production, 1875-1910
- Chapter 4
- 1. Royal Dutch-Shell and Jersey Standard Production and Refining in Latin America, 1928
- 2. YPF's Growth, 1925-1940
- 3. Foreign Companies' Share of Domestic Mexican Gasoline Market
- 4. Production Capacity in Venezuela, 1939
- Graphs
- 1. Average Yearly Oil Prices in the United States, 1910-1948
- 2. Yearly Petroleum Production of Mexico and Venezuela.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780292750951
- 0292750951
- OCLC:
- 1336134173
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