McGillivray, Gillian, 1971-

Blazing cane : sugar communities, class, and state formation in Cuba, 1868-1959 / Gillian McGillivray. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2009. - xxvi, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - American encounters/global interactions . - American encounters/global interactions. .

Includes bibliographical references ([p. 349]-365) and index.

The colonial compact, 1500/1895 -- Revolutionary destruction of the colonial compact, 1895/98 -- U.S. power and Cuban middlemen, 1898/1917 -- The patrons' compact : "peace," "progress," and General Menocal, 1899/1919 -- Patrons, matrons, and resistance, 1899/1959 -- From patronage to populism and back again, 1919/26 -- Revolutionary rejection of the patrons' compact, 1926/33 -- The populist compact, 1934/59.

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Sugarcane industry--History--Cuba--19th century.
Sugarcane industry--History--Cuba--20th century.
Industria de la caņa de azúcar--Cuba--Historia--Del siglo 19.
Industria de la caņa de azúcar--Cuba--Historia--Del siglo 20.


Cuba--History--1810-1899.
Cuba--History--1895-

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