Keywords
Caribbean
United States
National Geographic
empire
cane. Azúcar
Caribe
National Geographic
imperio
caña
Estados Unidos Agúcar
Caribe
EUA
National Geographic
imperio
cana
Abstract
This paper analyzes the visual discourse promoted by National Geographic over several decades of the twentieth century during which the sugar industrialization under the aegis of US capital developed. The photographs, used here as historical documents show the process, that starts with the advertising of the empty space for cultivation, showing the conditions to develop, growth of production, high export levels of exportation and decay of the sugar industry.References
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