Nation Building/Nationalism

Small-scale farmers of sugar and cattle took a back seat to cacao, but even though Tabasco's climate was ideal for this crop, planters faced increasing competition from more efficient South American producers with fewer labor and transport challenges. The heart of the text deals with the years...

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Published in:The Americas (Washington. 1944) 2015, Vol.72 (3), p.503-505
Main Author: Ducey, Michael T.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Politics
Trade restrictions
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Summary:Small-scale farmers of sugar and cattle took a back seat to cacao, but even though Tabasco's climate was ideal for this crop, planters faced increasing competition from more efficient South American producers with fewer labor and transport challenges. The heart of the text deals with the years between independence and the establishment of the Porfiriato, a time that witnessed the slow decline of King Cacao but preceded the late nineteenth century lumber boom. The Church, never more than a backwater to the clerical establishment in Mérida, experienced a slow decline, and there were no law-and-order social conservatives to play the role of hombres de bien.
ISSN:0003-1615
1533-6247
DOI:10.1017/tam.2015.50