Solá José O
Cleveland State University.
Agric Hist. 2011;85(3):349-72. doi: 10.3098/ah.2011.85.3.349.
This article presents new research on the impact and consequences of the incorporation of Puerto Rico into the American economic sphere of influence and how much change truly took place during the first decades of the twentieth century. As reconstructed here, Puerto Rico's social and economic structure did change after the American invasion. However, a closer look at the data reveals that, contrary to the generally accepted conclusions, land tenure did not become concentrated in fewer hands. Puerto Rico did experience profound changes with the rapid growth of US agribusiness and the penetration of American capital. In the process of arriving on the island, these two interests found a land tenure system in the firm control of local farmers (small, medium, and large). The American invasion and subsequent incorporation of the island into the American economic/political system as a non-incorporated territory provided the conditions for the numerical increase of farms and farmers in the island during the first three decades of the twentieth century.
本文介绍了关于波多黎各并入美国经济势力范围的影响和后果，以及在20世纪头几十年里真正发生了多少变化的新研究。如在此重构的那样，美国入侵后波多黎各的社会和经济结构确实发生了变化。然而，仔细研究数据会发现，与普遍接受的结论相反，土地所有权并没有集中在更少的人手中。随着美国农业综合企业的迅速发展和美国资本的渗透，波多黎各确实经历了深刻的变化。在进入该岛的过程中，这两种利益发现当地农民（小、中、大农户）牢牢控制着土地所有权制度。美国的入侵以及随后该岛作为非合并领土并入美国经济/政治体系，为20世纪头三十年该岛农场和农民数量的增加提供了条件。
