Article ID: CBB415207633

La ciencia del tabaco en Puerto Rico, 1900-1940 (2015)

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Tobacco became an important export product in Puerto Rico after the American occupation of 1898, in large part, because of investments in the scientific study of tobacco: its efficient cultivation, its economic structure and its marketing. Scientific experimentation and the practical application of research findings in tobacco farms provided an arena for significant collaborative relationships between tobacco growers, scientists in Puerto Rico and the U.S., and the insular and federal governments. The involvement of Puerto Ricans in the science of tobacco, including their support of scientific inquiry, their continued demands for funding and beneficial agricultural legislation, and their adoption of modern agricultural technology, demonstrate that rather than being observers of rapid economic changes, they were activists, using the democratic guarantees available under the U.S. colonial structure to improve their economic situation.

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Authors & Contributors
Trujillo-Pagan, Nicole Elise
Lanny Tompson
Loh Wei Leng
Cosner, Charlotte
Perez Varela, Tomas
Jorge Rodriguez Beruff
Concepts
Agriculture
Tobacco
Tobacco industry
Public health
Colonialism
Plantations
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
18th century
17th century
Early modern
Places
Puerto Rico
Atlantic world
United States
China
Southern states (U.S.)
Chesapeake Bay (North America)
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