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"A Hurricane of Culture"
Mirsky, Jeannette | November 15, 1947 issue

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This article presents information about an unusual book "Cuban Counterpoint: Tobacco and Sugar," by Fernando Ortiz. "Cuban Counterpoint" is a complex study. Or perhaps it would be better to say that it is a study of a complex problem in which Ortiz uses all the social-science disciplines that are generally applied separately. From the anthropological view the book is valuable for its informed analysis of the extraordinary way in which tobacco was integrated into the life of the Indians of the Antilles. Tobacco, native to Cuba, demanded skill and devotion in its growing and processing and supported small, independent farmers who formed a sturdy; independent rural community.

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TOBACCO; TOBACCO farmers; CUBAN Counterpoint (Book); ORTIZ, Fernando, 1881-1969; SUGAR trade; CUBA
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