Entre la guerra y la paz. Cuba en tiempos del auge bananero (1878-1895)

Abstract

The present article is about the production and international commerce of banana in Cuba, from the end of the Ten Years War (1878), until the beginning of the Independence War (1895). The paper shows the development history of this cultivation in the north-oriental zone of the Island; the international organization of the banana trade, and the relations between peasants, local merchants, and north-american companies that operating banana business in the Caribbean Sea.