Fama

La remolacha azucarera, o betabel, como era conocido este cultivo por los jornaleros mexicanos, se introdujo en Estados Unidos en los años posteriores a la Guerra Civil. Ese conflicto destruyó los campos cañeros de Luisiana y provocó un aumento desmedido en las importaciones de azúcar desde el Caribe. Como consecuencia, autoridades gubernamentales y empresarios optaron por este tubérculo como una fuente de endulzantes. Cuando la siembra de remolacha se expandió, las compañías azucareras estadounidenses contrataron a miles de trabajadores mexicanos para su cuidado y cultivo. Se...

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Joan Maria Thomàs (Palma de Mallorca, 1953) es profesor titular de Historia Contemporánea en la Universidad Rovira i Virgili y ha impartido cursos y conferencias en diversas universidades en todo el mundo. Especializado en el estudio del fascismo español y del Régimen de Franco, su obra incluye títulos como Falange, Guerra Civil, Franquisme (1992), Premio Ciudad de Barcelona y de la Crítica Serra d'Or, José María Fontana Tarrats (1997), Lo que fue la Falange (1999) o La Falange de Franco (2001), y es coautor de diez obras, la última de ellas Ramón Serrano Suñer (2003). Ha...