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Guillermo A. Baralt and
Andrew Hurley (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Pr
Publication date
July 1, 1999
Pages
183
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780807824740
ISBN-10
0807824747
Dimensions
0.75 by 8.25 by 10.25 in.
Weight
1.75 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$55.00
Other format details
university press
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§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book traces the history of Buena Vista, an estate located in the southern foothills of Puerto Rico's central mountain range. Now a popular living history museum, Buena Vista flourished in the nineteenth century--first as a farm that furnished food for the city of Ponce and surrounding plantations, later as a producer of corn and cornmeal ground at the estate's water-powered mill, and finally as a coffee plantation.
Drawing on an impressive range of primary sources, Guillermo Baralt portrays the estate's history as a series of overlapping changes: from slavery to salaried labor, from primitive processing techniques to the latest in mill technology, from Spanish rule to American control, and from hard-scrabble country life to life as part of the world marketplace. Richly illustrated and written in a lively narrative style, Buena Vista paints a compelling portrait of an era, an island, a family, and an estate, bringing a period in Caribbean history to vivid life.
Drawing on an impressive range of primary sources, Guillermo Baralt portrays the estate's history as a series of overlapping changes: from slavery to salaried labor, from primitive processing techniques to the latest in mill technology, from Spanish rule to American control, and from hard-scrabble country life to life as part of the world marketplace. Richly illustrated and written in a lively narrative style, Buena Vista paints a compelling portrait of an era, an island, a family, and an estate, bringing a period in Caribbean history to vivid life.
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Hardcover
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from Univ of North Carolina Pr (July 1, 1999)
9780807824740 | details & prices | 183 pages | 8.25 × 10.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $55.00
About: This book traces the history of Buena Vista, an estate located in the southern foothills of Puerto Rico's central mountain range.
About: This book traces the history of Buena Vista, an estate located in the southern foothills of Puerto Rico's central mountain range.
Paperback
from Univ of North Carolina Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780807848012 | details & prices | 183 pages | 8.25 × 10.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $46.50
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