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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
When Beef Was King. Or Why Do Colombians Eat So Little Pork?, Shawn Van Ausdal
When Beef Was King. Or Why Do Colombians Eat So Little Pork?, Shawn Van Ausdal
Shawn Van Ausdal
This article seeks to understand why Colombians, compared to many other Latin Americans, have traditionally eaten so much more beef than pork. The article first points to the development of a culinary tradition that favored beef. The bulk of the argument, though, centers on the fact that, historically, beef has been substantially cheaper than pork. This price difference, in turn, is rooted in the low productivity of Colombian agriculture, which made corn, often used to fatten hogs, expensive. Additional factors that favored beef include a receding agrarian frontier, a small hog population, the various advantages of cattle, a conflict–ridden history …
Ni Calamidad Ni Panacea: Una Reflexión En Torno A La Historiografía De La Ganadería Colombiana, Shawn Van Ausdal
Ni Calamidad Ni Panacea: Una Reflexión En Torno A La Historiografía De La Ganadería Colombiana, Shawn Van Ausdal
Shawn Van Ausdal
No abstract provided.
Un Mosaico Cambiante: Notas Sobre Una Geografía Histórica De La Ganadería En Colombia, 1850-1950, Shawn Van Ausdal
Un Mosaico Cambiante: Notas Sobre Una Geografía Histórica De La Ganadería En Colombia, 1850-1950, Shawn Van Ausdal
Shawn Van Ausdal
No abstract provided.
Resgate E Mercadorias: Uma Análise Comparada Do Tráfico Luso-Brasileiro De Escravos Em Angola E Na Costa Da Mina (Século Xviii), Gustavo Acioli Lopes, Maximiliano M. Menz
Resgate E Mercadorias: Uma Análise Comparada Do Tráfico Luso-Brasileiro De Escravos Em Angola E Na Costa Da Mina (Século Xviii), Gustavo Acioli Lopes, Maximiliano M. Menz
Gustavo Acioli Lopes
No abstract provided.
The Price Of Rice: Market Integration In Eighteenth-Century China, Sui-Wai Cheung
The Price Of Rice: Market Integration In Eighteenth-Century China, Sui-Wai Cheung
East Asian Studies Press
The Price of Rice by Sui-wai Cheung investigates the grain tax, canal transportation, and market integration, to give a complete picture of the long-distance rice trade in China during the eighteenth century.
Breaking The Mold: Sugar Ceramics And The Political Economy Of 18th Century St Eustatius, Derek Robert Miller
Breaking The Mold: Sugar Ceramics And The Political Economy Of 18th Century St Eustatius, Derek Robert Miller
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Plastic Capital: Wilmington, Delaware And The Deregulation Of Consumer Credit, Carolee Anne Klimchock
Plastic Capital: Wilmington, Delaware And The Deregulation Of Consumer Credit, Carolee Anne Klimchock
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Quarterly Data On The Categories And Causes Of Bank Distress During The Great Depression, Gary Richardson
Quarterly Data On The Categories And Causes Of Bank Distress During The Great Depression, Gary Richardson
Gary Richardson
No abstract provided.