TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE CORTÉS ESTATE -- III. LEASING AND ADMINISTERING THE PLANTATION -- IV. THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AND WATER -- V. FIELD MANAGEMENT AND YIELDS -- VI. SUGARMAKING TECHNIQUES AND EQUIPMENT -- VII. LIVESTOCK AND SUPPLIES -- VIII. LABOR -- IX. COSTS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOR -- X. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Appendixes -- A. POPULATION CHANGE IN MORELOS -- B. LESSEES OF THE PLANTATION -- C. A RENTAL AGREEMENT -- D. FIELD MEASUREMENT, SIZE, AND SHAPE -- E. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCOUNTING AND OTHER PRACTICES -- F. FORM OF PLANTATION ACCOUNTS -- G. MAYORDOMOS, DISPENSORES, AND PURGADORES -- H. DIVERSIFICATION OF PRODUCTION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- TABLES -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DOCUMENTS AND PRINTED SOURCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.