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FUNES MONZOTE, Reinaldo. “Un arcoíris en medio de la tempestad”. Visiones del potrero cubano en el siglo XIX. Mundo agrar. [online]. 2020, vol.21, n.46, pp.133-133. ISSN 1515-5994.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24215/15155994e133.

The agrarian historiography about XIX century Cuba has focused on sugar, due to the great economic, social and environmental transformation after escalating to the first place as an exporter to the international market. However, very few researches exist about livestock farming and its changes during the same century. This work offers some general elements of the extension of “potreros” or pens, on the Cuban landscape and its different characteristics on the plantation areas and those still dominated by the cattle ranches. We use general statistics available and authors who wrote about agriculture and livestock in that context, to discuss the relevance, limitations, and obstacles of this new form of animal husbandry in the middle of a transition to an agricultural model dominated by the sugar agroindustry.

Palabras clave : Livestock; Cattle ranch; Pens; Slavery plantations; Sugar; XIX century; Cuba.

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