essay
The culture history of a Puerto Rican sugar cane plantation: 1876-1949
portrait of a society : readings on puerto rican sociology • Rio Piedras • Published In 1972 • Pages: 131-154
By: Mintz, Sidney Wilfred.
Abstract
Based on the data obtained from historical documents and aged informants, this article presents a reconstruction of the development of the sugar cane plantation system in Puerto Rico from the early nineteenth century to 1949, with the major focus on the period of 1876-1949. Using the 'Hacienda Vieja' (a pseudonym) as a specific example, Mintz traces its development from its earliest establishment as a slave-and-agregado plantation, through its family-type developmental stage, to its modern corporate land-and-factory status. Much of the data presented here deal with social change in labor-management relations and policies, and on capital investment as a significant impetus to hacienda development.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1993, 2012
- Field Date
- 1948-1949
- Coverage Date
- 1815-1949
- Coverage Place
- Puerto Rico
- Notes
- [by] Sidney W. Mintz
- LCCN
- none
- LCSH
- Puerto Rico--Sugar industry