life and work on a Puerto Rican hacienda, 1833-1904 Baralt, Guillermo A. 1948- creator text bibliography ncu 1999 monographic eng

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xiv, 183 p. ill. ; photo. ; maps ; 26 cm. Foreword to the English Translation / Teresita Martinez Vergne -- 1. Ponce in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Founding of Buena Vista: From Farm to Cornmeal Factory -- 3. The Flour and Cornmeal Market in Ponce -- 4. Buena Vista: A Village of Slaves, 1833-1873 -- 5. Coffee at Buena Vista: The Farm Becomes a Coffee Plantation, 1868-1898 -- 6. Hired Workers, 1873-1898 -- 7. Buena Vista after the U.S. Invasion, 1898-1904 -- 8. Conclusions -- Chronology of Hacienda Buena Vista -- Inventory of Buena Vista, 1863 -- Tables -- 1.1. Population of Ponce, 1846 -- 1.2. Institutional and Administrative History of the Municipality of Ponce, 1800-1877 -- 2.1. Commercial Crops, Buena Vista -- 2.2. Inventory of Livestock, Buena Vista, 1846 -- 3.1. Main Crops in Ponce, 1864 -- 3.2. Corn Prices, Buena Vista, 1868 -- 3.3. Corn Purchases per Five-Year Period, 1850-1869 -- 3.4. Buena Vista's Yearly Purchases of Corn, 1858-1871 -- 3.5. Cornmeal Production at Buena Vista, 1850-1861 -- 3.6. Buyers of Buena Vista Cornmeal, 1854 -- 3.7. Income from Mill, 1850-1870 -- 4.1. Number of Slaves at Buena Vista, 1846-1872 -- 4.2. List of Slaves at Buena Vista, 1858 -- 4.3. Place of Birth of Buena Vista Slaves -- 4.4. Deaths Caused by Cholera in Ponce, 1855-1856 -- 4.5. Slave Deaths in Ponce, December 1855—November 1856 -- 4.6. Runaway Slaves in Ponce, 1853-1865 -- 5.1. Coffee Production in Puerto Rico, 1864-1896 -- 5.2. Coffee Production in Ponce, by Barrio, 1863 -- 5.3. Main Coffee-Producing Municipalities in Puerto Rico, 1897 -- 5.4. Coffee Prices, 1839-1894 -- 5.5. Coffee Exports, by Port, 1888 -- 5.6. Losses at Buena Vista from Hurricane San Narciso, 1867 -- 5.7. Replanting of Coffee Trees on Buena Vista, 1886 -- 5.8. Buena Vista Coffee Production, 1861-1897 -- 6.1. Jobs Done by Hired Workers at Buena Vista, 1873-1904 -- 6.2. Coffee Pickers at Buena Vista, 1874 -- 6.3. Coffee Pickers at Buena Vista, 1890 108 -- 6.4. Payment to Coffee Pickers per Almud of Coffee Picked at Buena Vista, 1874-1894 -- 6.5. Overseers at Buena Vista, 1872-1878 -- 6.6. Salaries at Buena Vista for All Hired Workers (approximately 10), 1875 -- 7.1. Coffee Production, Buena Vista, 1893-1900 -- Guillermo A. Baralt ; translated by Andrew Hurley. Include index Originally published as La Buena Vista, 1833-1904 : estancia de frutos menores, fábrica de harinas y hacienda cafetalera by the Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico. Include Bibliography Haciendas Puerto Rico Ponce History 19th century Coffee industry Puerto Rico Ponce History 19th century Grain trade Puerto Rico Ponce History 19th century Ponce (P.R.) History 19th century Buena Vista Hacienda (P.R.) History HD1471.P92 B37 1999 9780807848012 pucpr 021113 20231114174551.0 eng