Barons, brokers, and buyers the institutions and cultures of Philippine sugar

Barons, brokers, and buyers the institutions and cultures of Philippine sugar

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This innovative ethnography takes a new approach to the study of Philippine sugar. For much of the late colonial history of the Philippines, sugar was its most lucrative export, the biggest employer, and the greatest source of political influence. The so-called "Sugar Barons"--wealthy hace...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Billig, Michael S. 1956- (Author)
Corporate Author: De Gruyter ebooks
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: Honolulu, Hawaii University of Hawaii Press c2002.
Subjects:
Sugar trade > Philippines.
Sugarcane industry > History. > Philippines.
Economic anthropology > Philippines.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824861568