Agrarian Puerto Rico - Reconsidering Rural Economy and Society, 1899-1940 (Hardcover)

Fundamental tenets of colonial historiography are challenged by showing that US capital investment into this colony did not lead to the disappearance of the small farmer. Contrary to well-established narratives, quantitative data show that the increasing integration of rural producers within the US market led to differential outcomes, depending on pre-existing land tenure structures, capital requirements to initiate production, and demographics. These new data suggest that the colonial economy was not polarized into landless Puerto Rican rural workers on one side and corporate US capitalists on the other. The persistence of Puerto Rican small farmers in some regions and the expansion of local property ownership and production disprove this socioeconomic model. Other aspects of extant Puerto Rican historiography are confronted in order to make room for thorough analyses and new conclusions on the economy of colonial Puerto Rico during the early twentieth century.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2020
Authors:	Cesar J. Ayala • Laird W. Bergad
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	322
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-48846-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN:	1-108-48846-3
Barcode:	9781108488464

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