Haciendas, Plantations and Collective Farms

This article compares the agrarian history of Cuba and Peru, focusing on the development of large estates (haciendas and plantations) and their impact on social class structures. It argues that while both countries experienced similar patterns of land concentration and labor exploitation, there were key differences in the specific forms these took. In Cuba, the plantation system, based on sugar production for export, led to a more rigid and polarized class structure than in Peru, where the hacienda system, focused on a diversified agricultural production for internal markets, allowed for a more complex and nuanced social hierarchy. The study also examines the role of collective farms in both countries, highlighting the contrasting approaches to agrarian reform and their consequences for social and economic development

Agrarian society · Agriculture · Archaeology · Class (philosophy) · Economics · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Cuban History and Society

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