Coffee in Colombia, 1850-1970 : An Economic, Social and Political History (Paperback)

List of tables; List of figures; List of maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Colombian export economy in the second half of the nineteenth century; 2. The making of an oligarchy; 3. Land and society in central Colombia in the second half of the nineteenth century; 4. The internal structure of the coffee haciendas, 1870?1930; 5. Living conditions and internal contradictions in the hacienda structure; 6. Inflation, devaluation, and export taxes, 1870?1904; 7. Crisis and transition towards the second cycle of expansion, 1903?10; 8. Private appropriation of public lands in the west; 9. Sociopolitical elements of antiogueno colonization; 10. Coffee expansion and the strengthening of the Liberal model of development, 1910?50; 11. The international cycle and coffee policies confronting the peasant, 1930?70; Appendices; Weights and measures; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.