From handcrafted tobacco rolls to machine-made cigarettes: the transformation and Americanization of Puerto Rican tobacco, 1847-1903
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| contents | From handcrafted tobacco rolls to machine-made cigarettes: the transformation and Americanization of Puerto Rican tobacco, 1847-1903 Juan José Baldrich Sociología cigar makers tobacco capitalism Puerto Rico The Puerto Rican tobacco industry experienced a profoundtransformation between the middle of the nineteenth century andthe U.S. invasion in 1898; its change can be explained according tothree factors. First, growers started to harvest a leaf that moreresembled Cuban leaf for cigars than the one used for cut tobacco orhandcrafted into rolls to be consumed by chewing. Second, factoriesrelying on wage labor replaced small artisanal shops operated byindependent cigar or cigarette makers. This industrial capacitywas not export oriented, thus contributing to the substitution ofHavana cigars and Cuban cigarettes with domestic ones. Third,the development of an entrepreneurial class in tobacco manufacturecame to a halt as a consequence of the invasion. At the turn of thecentury, the American Tobacco Company, the trust, bought into themost technologically sophisticated tobacco manufacturing sector,machine-made cigarettes, and, soon after, independent cigarmanufacturers faced stiff competition when the trust attempted tomonopolize the trade. 2005 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717209 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XVII |
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| publisher | The City University of New York |
| spellingShingle | From handcrafted tobacco rolls to machine-made cigarettes: the transformation and Americanization of Puerto Rican tobacco, 1847-1903 Juan José Baldrich Sociología cigar makers tobacco capitalism Puerto Rico From handcrafted tobacco rolls to machine-made cigarettes: the transformation and Americanization of Puerto Rican tobacco, 1847-1903 Juan José Baldrich Sociología cigar makers tobacco capitalism Puerto Rico The Puerto Rican tobacco industry experienced a profoundtransformation between the middle of the nineteenth century andthe U.S. invasion in 1898; its change can be explained according tothree factors. First, growers started to harvest a leaf that moreresembled Cuban leaf for cigars than the one used for cut tobacco orhandcrafted into rolls to be consumed by chewing. Second, factoriesrelying on wage labor replaced small artisanal shops operated byindependent cigar or cigarette makers. This industrial capacitywas not export oriented, thus contributing to the substitution ofHavana cigars and Cuban cigarettes with domestic ones. Third,the development of an entrepreneurial class in tobacco manufacturecame to a halt as a consequence of the invasion. At the turn of thecentury, the American Tobacco Company, the trust, bought into themost technologically sophisticated tobacco manufacturing sector,machine-made cigarettes, and, soon after, independent cigarmanufacturers faced stiff competition when the trust attempted tomonopolize the trade. 2005 artículo científico 1538-6279 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717209 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=377 Centro Journal application/pdf The City University of New York Centro Journal (Estados Unidos de América) Num.2 Vol.XVII |
| title | From handcrafted tobacco rolls to machine-made cigarettes: the transformation and Americanization of Puerto Rican tobacco, 1847-1903 |
| topic | Sociología cigar makers tobacco capitalism Puerto Rico |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=37717209 |