Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Geography
First Advisor
Martha A. Works
Term of Graduation
Spring 1998
Date of Publication
1998
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Geography
Department
Geography
Language
English
Subjects
Coffee industry -- Nicaragua -- History, Nicaragua -- Economic conditions
DOI
10.15760/etd.3513
Physical Description
1 online resource (95 pages)
Abstract
Throughout the nineteenth century expanding coffee cultivation transformed the economic, political, and social landscapes of the Central American republics. In Nicaragua, coffee cultivation developed in two primary regions, the Southern Uplands and the North-Central Highlands. This study analyzes the formation and development of these two regions using six key factors: 1) pre-coffee economic development; 2) transportation; 3) government promotion; 4) labor and population structure; 5) land tenure and access; and 6) capital and credit. Qualitative assessment of the relative importance of these six factors determines which factors were most important in the creation of the Southern Uplands and the North-Central Highlands as coffee regions. Analysis suggests that active government promotion of coffee culture and the absence or presence of transportation linkages are the two factors which most affected the establishment of coffee cultivation in nineteenth-century Nicaragua.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39865
Recommended Citation
Revels, Craig Stephen, "Coffee in Nicaragua : Regional Development and Change in the Nineteenth Century" (1998). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 6367.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.3513
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