April Merleaux
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469622514
- eISBN:
- 9781469622538
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469622514.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, Imperialism and Colonialism
This chapter explores the New Deal sugar programs that used marketing quotas and benefit payments to support mainland farmers and prevent radicalism at home and abroad. It begins with a discussion of ...
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This chapter explores the New Deal sugar programs that used marketing quotas and benefit payments to support mainland farmers and prevent radicalism at home and abroad. It begins with a discussion of the political and labor activism across the U.S. sugar empire and how it pushed policymakers to make reforms. It then considers the movement to grant independence to the Philippines and the U.S. government's adoption of a pluralist approach to colonial administration. It also looks at the Sugar Act of 1934 and how its administration in the island territories forced New Deal administrators to become more deeply involved in colonial administration than ever before. Finally, it analyzes the Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Butler that led to the revision of the Sugar Act in 1937.Less
This chapter explores the New Deal sugar programs that used marketing quotas and benefit payments to support mainland farmers and prevent radicalism at home and abroad. It begins with a discussion of the political and labor activism across the U.S. sugar empire and how it pushed policymakers to make reforms. It then considers the movement to grant independence to the Philippines and the U.S. government's adoption of a pluralist approach to colonial administration. It also looks at the Sugar Act of 1934 and how its administration in the island territories forced New Deal administrators to become more deeply involved in colonial administration than ever before. Finally, it analyzes the Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Butler that led to the revision of the Sugar Act in 1937.
