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    2. "One of the Finest and Most Fruitful Spots in America": An Analysis of Eighteenth-Century Carriacou

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Ryden,David Beck (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Spring2013
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Interdisciplinary History
    Journal Title Details:
    43(4) : 539-570
    Notes:
    The Caribbean island of Carriacou was ceded to the British by the French after the Seven Years’War (1763). Carriacou’s population of Englishmen, Frenchmen, Scots, and free people of color, along with their enslaved workers, comprised a distinctive slaveholding society in comparison to that of the old British colonies.

    6. Agricultural Productivity Growth, Efficiency Change and Technical Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Ludena,Carlos (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    May, 2010
    Published:
    Inter-American Development Bank
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Inter-American Development Bank
    Notes:
    38 p., Analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and 2007. The results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth. The highest growth within the region has occurred in the last two decades, especially due to improvements in efficiency and the introduction of new technologies. Within the region, land-abundant countries consistently outperform land-constrained countries.

    10. West Indian Workers and the United Fruit Company in Costa Rica, 1870-1940

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Chomsky,Aviva (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1996
    Published:
    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    302 p, "History of UFCO's Atlantic coast operations in Costa Rica from perspective of largely West Indian labor force. Examines formation of enclave economy, including role of West Indian labor, subsistence production, and health problems as occasion of worker-company misunderstandings. Also studies workers' cultural and political lives apart from, and sometimes in conflict with, company, and how West Indians and UFCO figured in Costa Rican nationalist thought and politics"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

    14. <States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760-1940, by Stuart George McCook>. (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Palmer,Steven Paul (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    April, 2003
    Published:
    Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    The Americas
    Journal Title Details:
    59(4) : 594
    Notes:
    According to the reviewer, McCook writes in a clear and effective style. His approach to the subject is neither overly theoretical nor oversimplified

    19. Underdevelopment by Design: How Agricultural Development Programs Increase Poverty and Inequality in Poor Countries, the Case of Haiti

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Jaffe,JoAnn M. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1997
    Published:
    Ottawa: Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    43 : 5-19
    Notes:
    A discussion on the advantages and disadvantages or agricultural programs and how these could affect poverty instead of promoting progress and success

    20. An Assessment of Agricultural Education in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Macias-Lopez,Antonio (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    1990
    Published:
    Ames, IA: Iowa State University
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    177 p, Objectives of the study were to identify, collect, and catalog references on agricultural education and to assess agricultural education in Latin America. Some trends of agricultural education in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean include the following: the rationalization of institutional growth, linking teaching research and extension to offer opportunities for students and professors for practical and professional experiences, and the upgrading of information systems.