The sugar hacienda of the Marqueses del Valle

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 12
II. THE CORTÉS ESTATE......Page 18
III. LEASING AND ADMINISTERING THE PLANTATION......Page 27
IV. THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND WATER......Page 34
V. FIELD MANAGEMENT AND YIELDS......Page 49
VI. SUGARMAKING TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT......Page 59
VII. LIVESTOCK AND SUPPLIES......Page 78
VIII. LABOR......Page 87
IX. COSTS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOR......Page 106
X. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 116
A. POPULATION CHANGE IN MORELOS......Page 122
B. LESSEES OF THE PLANTATION......Page 123
D. FIELD MEASUREMENT, SIZE, AND SHAPE......Page 126
E. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCOUNTING AND OTHER PRACTICES......Page 128
F. FORM OF PLANTATION ACCOUNTS......Page 129
G. MAYORDOMOS, DISPENSORES, AND PURGADORES......Page 131
H. DIVERSIFICATION OF PRODUCTION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY......Page 134
TABLES......Page 140
GLOSSARY......Page 149
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DOCUMENTS AND PRINTED SOURCES......Page 150
INDEX......Page 154
C......Page 156
H......Page 157
M......Page 158
S......Page 159
Z......Page 160