Format:
Online-Ressource (200 p)
ISBN:
9780813571348
Content:
Most studies of Puerto Rico's relations with the United States have focused on the sugar industry, recounting a tale of victimization and imperial abuse driven by the interests of U.S. sugar companies. But inPuerto Ricans in the Empire, Teresita A. Levy looks at a different agricultural sector, tobacco growing, and tells a story in which Puerto Ricans challenged U.S. officials and fought successfully for legislation that benefited the island.Levy describes how small-scale, politically involved, independent landowners grew most of the tobacco in Puerto Rico. She shows how, to gain access to pol
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Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813571348
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813571331
Additional Edition:
Print version Puerto Ricans in the Empire : Tobacco Growers and U.S. Colonialism
Language:
English
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