The Short-Lived Zebu and Beef Boom in Cuba Before the 1959 Revolution: A Socio-Environmental Approach

IF 0.3 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Global Environment Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI:10.3197/ge.2023.160107

Reinaldo Funes Monzote

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Abstract

In recent years, Animal History has gained influence within the environmental History of Latin America and the Caribbean. Animal environmental histories centred on livestock, however, remain limited. Therefore, more confluences between these perspectives could be fruitful in the future. Here we seek to integrate perspectives from socio-economic histories of livestock with those from animal studies by examining the history of the zebu boom for beef production in Cuba during the 1940s and 1950s. The success of this breed in the Americas in the twentieth century was possible due to the zebu's tolerance of tropical heat and humidity. Still, as the article shows, it is essential to consider economic, social and political contexts to understand the history of zebu. Finally, with the triumph of the 1959 revolution, the importance of the Cuban Zebu declined after the revolutionary government prioritised milk production over beef.

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1959年革命前古巴短暂的Zebu和牛肉热潮:一个社会环境的方法

近年来，动物史在拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的环境史中获得了影响力。然而，以牲畜为中心的动物环境史仍然有限。因此，这些观点之间的更多融合可能在未来取得丰硕成果。在这里，我们试图通过研究20世纪40年代和50年代古巴牛肉生产的zebu热潮的历史，将牲畜的社会经济历史与动物研究的观点结合起来。由于zebu对热带高温和潮湿的耐受性，这个品种在20世纪的美洲取得了成功。然而，正如文章所示，要理解zebu的历史，必须考虑经济、社会和政治背景。最后，随着1959年革命的胜利，在革命政府优先考虑牛奶生产而不是牛肉生产后，古巴Zebu的重要性下降了。

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Global Environment ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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