Tobacco on the Periphery: A Case Study in Cuban Labour History, 1860-1958

by Jean Stubbs

Book Overview

This is the story of Cuban tobacco, whose agricultural and industrial development was fashioned as deftly as a Havana cigar around overseas trading interests. It traces the nineteenth-century growth of a strong tobacco oligarchy, peasant grower class and urban salaried work force, alongside slave and indentured labour, and examines how a prestigious manufacturing country was transformed into an exporter of leaf. Visibly poor peasant agriculture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914278054
• ISBN13: 9781914278051
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Amaurea Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"