Sugar and the Origins of Modern Philippine Society - Hardcover

Larkin, John A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520079566 ISBN 13: 9780520079564

Verlag: University of California Press, 1993

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Book by Larkin John A

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The sugar industry has been a vital part of the economic and social life of modern Philippine society. John A. Larkin examines how both the Filipino people and colonizing forces participated in this industry and how two types of society emerged: one based on plantation agriculture, the other on tenant farming. Negros Occidental and Pampanga, the most important sugar-producing regions, are the focus of Larkin's study. Examining the rise of the elite plantation-owning class, the subsequent gap between the extraordinarily wealthy and the impoverished, and the nation's dependence on the international market, Larkin concludes that the sugar industry resulted in stunted economic development, wide cleavages among the Filipino people, and an imbalance of political power - effects that are still felt today.

Biografía del autor:

John A. Larkin teaches History at the State University of New York, Buffalo, and is the author of The Pampangans: Colonial Society in a Philippine Province (California, 1972).

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0520079566
• ISBN 13: 9780520079564
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 339