| Description |
xv, 357 p. : ill., maps. |
| Series |
Envisioning Cuba |
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Envisioning Cuba.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-341) and index. |
| Contents |
The omnipresent forest and the beginnings of the sugar industry -- Shipbuilding and the sugar industry, 1772-1791 -- The struggle over private ownership of forests, 1792-1815 -- Sugar and the absolute freedom to clear forests, 1815-1876 -- Centralization of the sugar industry and the forests, 1876-1898 -- North American capital and sugar's final assault on the forest, 1898-1926 -- From forests to sugar : an insignificant change? |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Sugarcane -- Cuba -- History.
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Sugarcane industry -- Cuba -- History.
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Forest management -- Cuba -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780807831281 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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080783128X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780807858585 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0807858587 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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