Sharecroppers of the Sertão: Economics and Dependence on a Brazilian PlantationResearch study of ecological adjustments to the way of life (incl. Living conditions) of plantation workers on a cotton plantation in the tropical zone of Brazil - covers settlement patterns, labour supply, internal migration and the economic implications thereof, the subsistence-level standard of living of sharecroppers, their Motivation and level of skill, cultivation techniques, dependence on landowners, family relationships, etc. Bibliography pp. 145 to 149, diagrams and statistical tables. |
