GEOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF PLANTATION AGRICULTURE IN YUCATAN
Abstract
The main purpose of this investigation is the study of plantation, from a geographic point of view, in an area which has experienced the changes just described. The region chosen for this study is the State of Yucatan, Mexico, and the agricultural unit under examination is the henequen hacienda, which in this area represents the plantation type. M re specifically, this study focusses on the following points: (1) the henequen hacienda as it developed in Yucatan's Henequen Zone, and area c mmonly accepted as a plantation area, and its place in the general plantation concept; (2) the effects of Mexico's land reform policies on the henequen hacienda and the plantation area; (3) the geographic relationships between plantation and non-plantation types of eco mic organization in the Henequen Zone; and (4) the factors and conditions extant in the location of both henequen hacienda and the Henequen Zone within Yucatan. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0259817
Entities
People
- Roland Emanuel Paul Chardon
Organizations
- National Academy of Sciences