Cuban Sugar Industry - Transnational Networks Engineering Migrants in Mid Nineteenth

"In 1844, a number of migrant engineers were arrested in Cuba accused of sedition. Such engineering migrants contributed to Cuba becoming the world's foremost sugar producer, and this book explores the previously untold role they played, and seeks an understanding of the interaction between the transnational networks and local social dynamics within which Cuba was developing. As Cuba became prey to economic dependency, the migrant engineers became privileged scapegoats, their identity defined by their otherness. Based upon archival research, combining a macro- with a micro-historical approach, this book should be of interest not only to scholars of Cuban history, but also those whose concerns may include the engagement of migrants with a host society, historical processes of globalization related to commodities such as sugar, and the social dynamics for technological development"--

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• Authors: CURRY MACHADO JONATHAN, J Curry-Machado, J. Curry-Machado, Jonathan Curry-Machado
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780230111394
• ISBN: 978-0-230-11139-4
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches