About the Author

Juan José Baldrich is a retired professor from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at University of Puerto Rico. He is author of Sembraron la no siembra and has been published in numerous journals, including Agricultural History and CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies. He has also contributed chapters to such edited volumes as El tabaco en la historia económica and Puerto Rican Women's History: New Perspectives.

Reviews

With this book, Baldrich has erected a monument to Puerto Rican tobacco and the men and women who made its growth possible. For anyone interested in the Puerto Rican tobacco sector, as well as the island's agricultural development in general, it will remain the necessary book to consult for years to come. In addition, it is a welcome contribution to the niche of Caribbean tobacco history.--Michiel Baud "New West Indian Guide"

Baldrich demonstrates succinctly how the globalization of trade and consumption patterns had an impact on the cultivation, preparation, and manufacturing of tobacco . . . This book has made an important contribution to the history of cash-export crops in Puerto Rico, as well as the local and global history of capitalism.--Ismael García-Colón "CENTRO Journal"

Juan José Baldrich brings together a wealth of information to produce a longue-durée Puerto Rican tobacco history, melding the political, economic, and social-cultural, and embracing class and gender, while also interweaving individual stories that bring the narrative to life. Such an all-encompassing book on Puerto Rican tobacco history is long overdue and long awaited from an author who is the recognized leading authority on Puerto Rican tobacco.--Jean Stubbs, author of Tobacco on the Periphery: A Case Study in Cuban Labour History, 1860-1958