Technology and the Colombian Fique Industry: Drawing from Latin American Expertise, 1880-1938: Drawing from Latin American Expertise, 1880-1938

• Published in: AD-minister
• Main Author: Campuzano-Hoyos, Jairo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad EAFIT 2018
• Subjects: Fique; henequen; natural fibers; textile industry; technology; patents; Mexico; Latin American history; henequén; fibras naturales; industria textil; tecnología; patentes; México; historia latinoamericana; Pequeñas; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/administer/article/view/ad-minister.32.2; https://doi.org/10.17230/ad-minister.32.2

This article examines the technological origins and changes of the Colombian fique (henequen) industry throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It argues that the industry was established and reached significant levels of growth, in part due to the input of Colombian intellectua...