{"product_id":"sugarcane-and-rum-john-robert-gust-9780816538881","title":"Sugarcane and Rum: The Bittersweet History of Labor and Life on the Yucat疣 Peninsula","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the Yucat疣 Peninsula of Mexico may conjure up images of vacation getaways and cocktails by the sea, these easy stereotypes hide a story filled with sweat and toil. The story of sugarcane and rum production in the Caribbean has been told many times. But few know the bittersweet story of sugar and rum in the jungles of the Yucat疣 Peninsula during the nineteenth century. This is much more than a history of coveted commodities. The unique story that unfolds in John R. Gust and Jennifer P. Mathews's new history \u003ci\u003eSugarcane and Rum\u003c\/i\u003e is told through the lens of Maya laborers who worked under brutal conditions on small haciendas to harvest sugarcane and produce rum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGust and Mathews weave together ethnographic interviews and historical archives with archaeological evidence to bring the daily lives of Maya workers into focus. They lived in a cycle of debt, forced to buy all of their supplies from the company store and take loans from the hacienda owners. And yet they had a certain autonomy because the owners were so dependent on their labor at harvest time. We also see how the rise of cantinas and distilled alcohol in the nineteenth century affected traditional Maya culture and that the economies of Canc佖 and the M駻ida area are predicated on the rum-influenced local social systems of the past. \u003ci\u003eSugarcane and Rum \u003c\/i\u003ebrings this bittersweet story to the present and explains how rum continues to impact the Yucat疣 and the people who have lived there for millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Robert Gust, Jennifer P. Mathews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816538883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816538881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"John Robert Gust","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941113757951,"sku":"9780816538881","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cf38a919-d19c-4c9a-ab7e-ae092b572c17.jpg?v=1681450988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sugarcane-and-rum-john-robert-gust-9780816538881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}