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Cuban Sugar Industry : Transnational Networks and Engineering Migrants in Mid-Nineteenth Century Cuba /

Nineteenth-century Cuba led the world in sugar manufacture and technological innovation was central to this. Through the story of a group of forgotten migrant workers who anonymously contributed to Cuba's development, this book explores the development of the Cuban sugar industry and how the co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curry-Machado, Jonathan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
History.
Economic History.
History of the Americas.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
International Relations.
Latin American Culture.
Sociology, general.
Economic history.
Ethnology > Latin America.
Imperialism.
International relations.
Sociology.
America > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Nineteenth-century Cuba led the world in sugar manufacture and technological innovation was central to this. Through the story of a group of forgotten migrant workers who anonymously contributed to Cuba's development, this book explores the development of the Cuban sugar industry and how the country became bound into global networks.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 pages)
ISBN:9780230118881
DOI:10.1057/9780230118881