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11%OFFGillian McGillivray - Blazing Cane: Sugar Communities, Class, and State Formation in Cuba, 1868–1959 - 9780822345428 - V9780822345428
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Blazing Cane: Sugar Communities, Class, and State Formation in Cuba, 1868–1959

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Description for Blazing Cane: Sugar Communities, Class, and State Formation in Cuba, 1868–1959 Paperback. Discusses the national and transnational implications of local developments in two sugar mill communities in Cuba. Series: American Encounters/Global Interactions. Num Pages: 416 pages, 35 photographs, 3 tables, 3 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Sugar was Cuba’s principal export from the late eighteenth century throughout much of the twentieth, and during that time, the majority of the island’s population depended on sugar production for its livelihood. In Blazing Cane, Gillian McGillivray examines the development of social classes linked to sugar production, and their contribution to the formation and transformation of the state, from the first Cuban Revolution for Independence in 1868 through the Cuban Revolution of 1959. She describes how cane burning became a powerful way for farmers, workers, and revolutionaries to commit sabotage, take control of the harvest season, improve working conditions, protest ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
Series
American Encounters/Global Interactions
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822345428
SKU
V9780822345428
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About Gillian McGillivray
Gillian McGillivray is Associate Professor of History at Glendon College, York University.

Reviews for Blazing Cane: Sugar Communities, Class, and State Formation in Cuba, 1868–1959
“Lucidly written, sophisticated, marvelously nuanced, and meticulously researched. . . . This is simply superb history. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries.” - F. W. Knight, Choice “McGillivray’s research has been terrific. . . . She has wisely combined archival documents, a considerable number of newspaper articles, and interviews, broadening her analysis and cementing her conclusions. Overall, Blazing Cane constitutes a ... Read more

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