Cuba's Sugar Industry (Contemporary Cuba) [Hardcover]

JOSE ALVAREZ (Author), LAZARO PENA CASTELLANOS (Author), Lázaro Peña Castellanos (Author), José Alvarez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 23, 2001 | Series: Contemporary Cuba

Following forty years of tension between Cuba and the United States, this study of Cuba's agroindustry presents the results of a remarkable collaboration between researchers living in the two countries. The authors consider the prospects for the sugar industry--offering scenarios of a smaller, more efficient role in the economy--and examine reforms of the early 1990s.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Florida; 1st edition (May 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813020751
• ISBN-13: 978-0813020754
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,884,785 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

José Alvarez was born in Antilla, Cuba, in 1940. He came to the United States in 1969. After graduating with a Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics at the University of Florida, he remained in its faculty until his retirement in 2004, where he was appointed Professor Emeritus. During his academic career, he was a prolific writer, and some of his books are shown in this Author Central.
Dr. Alvarez started a research project more than twenty years ago, calling it "Rethinking the Cuban Rebellion of 1952-1959" with the purpose of examining closely the events that brought Fidel Castro to absolute power in Cuba in 1959. He played an active role in the rebellion at an early age. More information can be obtained at http://josepepinalvarez.com. The three books resulting from that project have already won five book awards, and are also shown herein.