Abstract

MUNOZ MATA, Laura. Rise and decay of cane production in the Caribbean. The gaze of National Geographic. memorias [online]. 2017, n.31, pp.39-74. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.31.9923.

Abstract This paper analyzes the visual discourse promoted by National Geographic over several decades of the twentieth century during which the sugar industrialization under the aegis of US capital developed. The photographs, used here as historical documents show the process, that starts with the advertising of the empty space for cultivation, showing the conditions to develop, growth of production, high export levels of exportation and decay of the sugar industry.

Keywords : Sugar; Caribbean; United States; National Geographic; empire; cane.

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