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Billig: Barons, Brokers, and Buyers
Michael S. Billig
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Hardcover. Michael Billig examines the decline of the Filipino sugar industry within both the dynamic context of contemporary Philippine society and the global context of the international sugar market. His multi-sited ethnographic anaysis focuses mainly on conflicts among the various elite sectors. Num Pages: 312 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JHMP; KNAC; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
This innovative ethnography takes a new approach to the study of Philippine sugar. For much of the late colonial history of the Philippines, sugar was its most lucrative export, the biggest employer, and the greatest source of political influence. The socalled ""Sugar Barons"" - wealthy hacendero planters located mainly in Central Luzon and on the Visayan island of Negros - gained the reputation as kingmakers and became noted for their lavish lifestyles and the quasi-feudal nature of their estates. But Philippine sugar gradually declined into obsolescence; today it is regarded as a ""sunset industry"" that can barely satisfy domestic demand. ... Read more
This innovative ethnography takes a new approach to the study of Philippine sugar. For much of the late colonial history of the Philippines, sugar was its most lucrative export, the biggest employer, and the greatest source of political influence. The socalled ""Sugar Barons"" - wealthy hacendero planters located mainly in Central Luzon and on the Visayan island of Negros - gained the reputation as kingmakers and became noted for their lavish lifestyles and the quasi-feudal nature of their estates. But Philippine sugar gradually declined into obsolescence; today it is regarded as a ""sunset industry"" that can barely satisfy domestic demand. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824825614
SKU
V9780824825614
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