Raising cane in the 'glades:the global sugar trade and the transformation of Florida

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hollander Gail M
Published: University of Chicago Press,
Publisher Address: Chicago
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xviii, 348 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780226349503 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226349500 (cloth : alk. paper)
Index Number: F757
CLC: F757.126.522
Call Number: F757.126.522/H737
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-326) and index.
From Everglades to sugar bowl and back again? -- The sugar question in frontier Florida -- Securing sugar, draining the 'Glades -- Wish fulfillment for Florida growers : managed market, disciplined labor, engineered landscape -- The Cold War heats up the nation's sugar bowl -- A restructured industry -- Questioning sugar in the Everglades.