RT Journal Article
T1 Compelled to import: Cuban consumption at the dawn of the nineteenth century
A1 Fernandez-de-Pinedo, Nadia
K1 Cuba
K1 Spanish empire
K1 Consumption
K1 Textiles
K1 Household goods
K1 Commerce
K1 Proyecto GECEM
AB One of the sources that allow us to analyse certain consumption patterns are trade balances. These documents are especially relevant in the case of island colonies, such as Cuba, that depended on the outside world for many kinds of supplies, not just the basic ones. Despite their limitations, data on imported goods from Havana's balance of trade at the dawn of the nineteenth century allow us to examine the consumer goods that were most in demand in Cuba at that time. This essay uses that information to emphasise the relationship between colony and metropole in terms of material culture, with a particular focus on the core items of food, clothing and household goods. Overall, patterns of consumption reflect patterns of production and imports.
PB Taylor&Francis / Routledge
SN 1478-8810
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-19
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10433/11759
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10433/11759
LA en
NO Atlantic Studies, 2021
NO GECEM Project (ERC-Starting Grant), ref. 679371, under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, www.gecem.eu.
NO GECEM Project (ERC-Starting Grant), ref. 679371, Horizon 2020, project hosted at UPO
DS RIO
RD Apr 23, 2026