Final answer:
The contrast between rich and poor on the mainland vs. rimland, establishment of plantation system, and post-abolition land reforms.
Explanation:
The contrast between the rich and poor was greater on the mainland compared to the rimland. The mainland was home to haciendas where workers lived on the land and grew various crops, while the rimland had plantations owned by wealthy Europeans with seasonal laborers.
The plantation system was established in the rimland areas such as coastal Brazil, the Caribbean, and Central America. Plantations focused on monoculture of cash crops for export, utilizing enslaved Africans as the main source of labor since the early 1500s.
The abolition of slavery in the late 1800s and cultural revolutions led to land reforms that transformed plantations into private plots or large corporate farms, while hacienda lands were often given to communities under an ejidos system.
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