The Modern Plantation in the Third World, 1st Edition

.Originally published in 1984, this was the first study to define and rationalise the character and functions of the plantation in the contemporary world. The author, Edgar Graham, was uniquely placed to do this having had long experience of Unilever’s plantations in West Africa, Zaire, Malaysia and the Pacific. Writing as a pragmatist, from observed fact, his starting point was the fact that the ‘modern plantation’ bears very little resemblance to that of the past, on which most hostile accounts are still based. Two changes altered the very nature of the issue: First, the 20th Century plantation existed within an economic framework controlled by independent governments. Secondly, the rapid development in technology has revolutionised most aspects of plantation production. The result, it is argued, is that the modern plantation offers host governments the option of using this as the most efficient way of utilising available factors of production to provide a maximum social return. Exemplified by case studies, this study presents a powerful argument for the continue use of the plantation system when properly applied to a variety of tropical crops.The Modern Plantation in the Third World 1st Edition is written by Edgar Graham; Ingrid Floering and published by Routledge. ISBNs for The Modern Plantation in the Third World are 9781003846536, 100384653X and the print ISBNs are 9781032693132, 1032693134. Additional ISBNs include 9781032693156, 9781032693149, 9781003846529.