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T he Aranetas. The Lopezes. The Elizaldes. Most Filipinos have heard these names and know them to be among the most prominent and wealthy families in the country. But fewer know that these families were once major players in the sugar industry, owning vast tracts of sugar land and some of the oldest centrifugal mills. Today, the Araneta and Elizalde mills, kept operating for sentimental reasons well past their useful lives, have closed, and the Lopez mill continues now as only a minor operation. Most Filipinos know these families for their diversified, mighty urban enterprises and their powerful political connections. The "sugar elites" that continue to dominate the nation's economic and political lives no longer have much to do with sugar. Most prominent and powerful families and individuals in today's Philippines never had anything to do with sugar. And some of the names that increasingly dominate sugar-Sy, Gokongwei, Chan-are newcomers to sugar production and have entered in order to service the diversified urban industrial and commercial enterprises that made them wealthy enough to buy sugar centrals. The title of this book refers to the "cultures" of Philippine sugar rather th

Author

Billig, Michael S.

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824861568