Tobacco on the Periphery: A Case Study in Cuban Labour History, 1860-1958

by Jean Stubbs

Book Overview

This unique study of a sector of the Cuban working class links its history to that of the tobacco industry in the wider national and international context. Dr Stubbs, who has lived and worked in Cuba for fifteen years, tells the story of the agricultural and industrial development of the industry from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the establishment of the communist regime. She traces the growth of a strong tobacco oligarchy, peasant grower...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052125423X
• ISBN13: 9780521254236
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"