Book
Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatan Peninsula
(2020)
Keywords
- Maya,
- Yucatan,
- Mexico,
- labor,
- rum,
- sugarcane,
- commodities
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 19, 2020
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Publisher Statement
In Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatán Peninsula, authors John Gust and Jennifer Mathews tell the story of sugarcane and rum production through the lens of Maya laborers who worked under brutal conditions on small haciendas to harvest sugarcane and produce rum. The book explains how rum continues to impact the Yucatán and the people who have lived there for millennia.
Citation Information
John R Gust and Jennifer P Mathews. Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucatan Peninsula. Tucson(2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jennifer_mathews/36/