Survival and transformation of the sugar industry in the Eastern of Cuba at the end of the 19th century

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Antonio Santamaría
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The sugar industry was progressively concentrated in the western half of Cuba during the 19th century, due to the fact that the eastern was less populated and economically exploited, which also made it difficult for it to access slave labor and modernize it. This study shows that, nevertheless, in the second region, sugar mills survived and were transformed due to such conditions, and were generally larger and more efficient than those in the west, although grouped in dispersed areas and with substantial differences between them and in the responses that they gave to the need to modernize and lower its costs derived from the abolition and the increased of international competition. The research also shows that the explanation for this lies in the different context in which they had to operate in each of these regions.

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Antonio Santamaría, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Nacido en Madrid. Licenciado en Geografía e Historia (1989) por la Universidad Complutense (UCM), y Doctor en Geografía de Historia (1995) por la UCM (I. U. Ortega y Gasset). Ha obtenido varios diplomas de Especialización Universitaria en "Proceso y Problemas del Desarrollo" (CEPAL-AECI, 1989), "Economía para Historiadores" (FSA, 1990), "Historia de Cuba" (Universidad de La Habana, 1991) y "Estadística y Técnicas de Investigación Cuantitativa" (CSIC, 1993). Además ha realizado estancias de investigación como profesor o investigador invitado en la Univesitat Jaume I de Castelló y en la Universidad de La Habana (en cinco ocasiones entre 1991 y 2003).