Barons, Brokers, and Buyers: The Institutions and Cultures of Philippine Sugar 9780824861568

This innovative ethnography takes a new approach to the study of Philippine sugar. For much of the late colonial history

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Barons, Brokers, and Buyers: The Institutions and Cultures of Philippine Sugar
9780824861568

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Michael S. Billig

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Special Terms
1.Introduction
2. The Legacy of Colonialism and Neo-Colonialism
3. Production, Financing, CARP, and the U.S. Quota
4. Property Rights, Quedans, and the SRA
5. The Great Importation War
6. Rationalization, Groupism, and the Chinese
7. Conclusion: The Institutions and Cultures of Philippine Sugar
Notes
References
Index
About the Author

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