220114 On Haciendas, Plantations and Agribusiness. Land and Wealth in Latin America since the early 19th Century (S) (WiSe 2025/2026)
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Latin America is the world region with the most unequal distribution of land worldwide. This seminar will take a closer look at the historical genealogy of land concentration since the 19th century. The focus will be on various topics: economic dependency and the cultivation of cash crops (sugar, coffee, bananas, cocoa, soy and palm oil as well as coca, marijuana and opium poppies); socio-historical relations of exploitation; the ecological consequences of monocultures; political influence and state formation; the social reproduction of the land-owning elite and the elite's cultural self-image. These topics will be examined using examples from the region.
Bibliography
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Bibliography (very short selection…)
Büschges, Christian. Familie, Ehre und Macht. Konzept und soziale Wirklichkeit. Stuttgart.1996.
Edelman, M. (2018). ‘Haciendas and Plantations’: History and limitations of a 60-year-old taxonomy. Critique of Anthropology, 38(4), 387-406. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308275X18806567
Fernández Milmanda, Belén (2025). Agrarian Elites and Democracy in Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
Oxfam (2016). Unearthed: Land, Power and Inequality in Latin America. Oxfam International.
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| Frequency | Weekday | Time | Format / Place | Period | |
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| one-time | Fr | 10-16 | 09.01.2026 | ||
| one-time | Sa | 10-14 | 10.01.2026 | ||
| one-time | Mo | 16-20 | 12.01.2026 | ||
| one-time | Fr | 10-16 | 16.01.2026 | ||
| one-time | Sa | 10-14 | 17.01.2026 | ||
| one-time | Mo | 16-20 | 19.01.2026 |
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