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States and Social Evolution: Coffee and the Rise of National Governments in Central America 1st New edition Edition

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  • Paperback: 397 pages
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; 1st New edition edition (October 14, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807844632
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807844632
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #849,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsA Must If You Want To Know The Role Of Coffee in Cen. Amer.
By Rodney North on January 16, 2000
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I have read dozens of books on the history of coffee and how it has shaped the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but in some respects this is the very best. Note: it is can be scholarly in the depth of its investigation, but for me that was all for the best. And it never reads like an "academic" piece, but rather is compelling, at least if you're already concerned about this topic.
This is one of the first books that I recommend to people who want to know why so many people who supply the world with coffee are so poor, and denied serious options to change their conditions. The reader should note that this book does not try to describe all coffee producting countries, rather just three, each of which has been profoundly shaped by coffee, but in ways distinct from one another. That demonstrates that there is nothing pre-ordained about societies that are economically dependent upon coffee production.
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4.0 out of 5 starsCoffee and Political Development
By Kevin Pallister on January 27, 2013
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Williams' book discusses the growth of coffee in Central America from the mid-1800s, with separate chapters devoted to the role of land, labor, and capital in the spread of coffee. Williams offers a wealth of data in comparing the rise of coffee across all five countries in the region and the significant variation within each country. Particularly interesting is his analysis of how large coffee plantations arose in some places while small and medium producers predominated in others, and the role of local governments in securing land titles and harvest labor before the consolidation of national states.

The rise of centralized states is only really addressed in the book's later chapters, and the conclusion linking the twentieth century to earlier periods of coffee growth is disappointingly brief. The book's middle chapters are very detailed and at times dry, but overall the book is a worthwhile read. It's certainly a must-read for Central America history buffs, and although the book's title evokes Skocpol's States and Social Revolution, the book is more valuable as a history of coffee in Central America than it is as a study of state formation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars2nd Prize- Bryce Wood Award- LASA 1995
By A Customer on January 20, 2001
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John Sheahan, chairperson of the Bryce Wood Award Committee said, "Robert Williams' book is an extraordinarily good example of systematic economic and historical analysis used to answer an intriguing question. The question is how to explain the striking differences among Central American countries in the dimensions of democracy, political repression, and social concern. Williams goes deeply into their different responses to the rise of the world coffee market in the late nineteenth century, and explains clearly the view that these experiences have marked the political and social evolutions of the countries ever since."
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