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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Teresita A. LevyPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780813571324ISBN 10: 0813571324 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 December 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Development of the Tobacco Economy 2 Life in the Tobacco Regions 3 Politics: Tobacco Growers and Agricultural Organizations 4 Law: The Extension of Federal Agricultural Credit Legislation to Puerto Rico 5 Technology: The Science of TobaccoReviews"“Puerto Ricans in the Empire provides an excellent introduction to Puerto Rico’s crucial tobacco industry, with fascinating material on farmer organizations and agricultural research."" -- Herbert S. Klein * Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History Columbia University * ""Levy shows that even within the framework of U.S. colonialism, tobacco farmers proliferated, prospered, and advanced their interest, and were thus makers of their own history. This is a salutary correction to the one sided vision of the colonial regime of previous scholarship."" -- César Ayala * University of California, Los Angeles * ""Levy offers a well-documented, nuanced revision of post-1898 Puerto Rican economic history. By focusing on tobacco rather than sugar cultivation, Levy argues, Puerto Rican tobacco farmers, despite clear power imbalances, did influence certain aspects of US colonial policy, including the political structure, changes in legislation directly affecting the island, and the transfer of technology. She effectively exposes the silences produced by a historical narrative that until now has focused mainly on the unilateral action of the US. Highly recommended."" * Choice *" Puerto Ricans in the Empire provides an excellent introduction to Puerto Rico's crucial tobacco industry, with fascinating material on farmer organizations and agricultural research. --Herbert S. Klein Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History Columbia University Levy shows that even within the framework of U.S. colonialism, tobacco farmers proliferated, prospered, and advanced their interest, and were thus makers of their own history. This is a salutary correction to the one sided vision of the colonial regime of previous scholarship. --Cesar Ayala University of California, Los Angeles Puerto Ricans in the Empire provides an excellent introduction to Puerto Rico's crucial tobacco industry, with fascinating material on farmer organizations and agricultural research. --Herbert S. Klein Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History Columbia University Puerto Ricans in the Empire provides an excellent introduction to Puerto Rico s crucial tobacco industry, with fascinating material on farmer organizations and agricultural research. --Herbert S. Klein Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History Columbia University Puerto Ricans in the Empire provides an excellent introduction to Puerto Rico's crucial tobacco industry, with fascinating material on farmer organizations and agricultural research. --Herbert S. Klein Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus of History Columbia University Author InformationTERESITA A. LEVY is an assistant professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican studies at Lehman College, City University of New York, and the associate director of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at The Graduate Center of CUNY. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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