Cultivating coffee: the farmers of carazo, nicaragua, 1880–1930
Auteur :
Charlip, Julie A.
Éditeur :
Ohio University Press
ISBN :
9780896802278
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2003
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study questions the idea that the introduction of coffee to Latin America forced most people to become landless proles working on large plantations. It suggests that small and medium-sized growers in Nicaragua were vital to the economy, constituting the farming and land-owning majority.