{"product_id":"agrarian-puerto-rico-reconsidering-rural-economy-and-society-1899-1940-paperback-softback-9781108726375","title":"Agrarian Puerto Rico; Reconsidering Rural Economy and Society, 1899–1940 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108726375","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAgrarian Puerto Rico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReconsidering Rural Economy and Society, 1899–1940\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChallenges dominant interpretations of colonialism's impact on the economy and social structuring of a US-owned Caribbean colony.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCésar J. Ayala (Author), Laird W. Bergad (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108726375, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'this rigorous study throws down the gauntlet for future scholarship.'  Jean Stubbs, New West Indian Guide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFundamental tenets of colonial historiography are challenged by showing that US capital investment into this colony did not lead to the disappearance of the small farmer. Contrary to well-established narratives, quantitative data show that the increasing integration of rural producers within the US market led to differential outcomes, depending on pre-existing land tenure structures, capital requirements to initiate production, and demographics. These new data suggest that the colonial economy was not polarized into landless Puerto Rican rural workers on one side and corporate US capitalists on the other. The persistence of Puerto Rican small farmers in some regions and the expansion of local property ownership and production disprove this socioeconomic model. Other aspects of extant Puerto Rican historiography are confronted in order to make room for thorough analyses and new conclusions on the economy of colonial Puerto Rico during the early twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of maps\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The myth of the disappeared legion of proprietors\u003cbr\u003e 2. The coffee economy\u003cbr\u003e 3. The sugar industry\u003cbr\u003e 4. The tobacco industry\u003cbr\u003e 5. Economic transformation and demographic change\u003cbr\u003e 6. Land concentration\/fragmentation using land-tax records\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rates of land ownership in rural Puerto Rico\u003cbr\u003e 8. Land tenure patterns using census data\u003cbr\u003e 9. Land use\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Environmental economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Environmental economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Environmental%20economics%20%5BKCN%5D%22\"\u003eKCN\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415690080536,"sku":"9781108726375","price":26.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108726375i.jpg?v=1784423751","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/agrarian-puerto-rico-reconsidering-rural-economy-and-society-1899-1940-paperback-softback-9781108726375","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}