The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex
Essays in Atlantic History
2nd Edition
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Part of Studies in Comparative World History
- Author: Philip D. Curtin, The Johns Hopkins University
- Date Published: May 1998
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- isbn: 9780521629430
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Over a period of several centuries, Europeans developed an intricate system of plantation agriculture overseas which was quite different from the agricultural system used at home. Though the plantation complex centered on the American tropics, its influence was much wider. Much more than an economic order for the Americas, the plantation complex had an important place in world history. These essays concentrate on the intercontinental impact.
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- Eminent author, a great historian, now in his 70s, well known for pioneering work on the slave trade and for helping to define the modern study of Africa
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'This study of the transfer of slave plantations from the eastern Mediterranean to the tropical New World demonstrates [Curtin's] insight into transregional patterns. The detail in his wide-ranging account is impressive, and it provides the reader with an informative overview.' David A. Chappell, Journal of World History
See more reviews'Anyone interested in New World foundations should begin with this collection; even experts will find thought-provoking moments here.' Choice
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: May 1998
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521629430
- length: 238 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.33kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus. 22 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Beginnings:
1. The Mediterranean origins
2. Sugar planting: from Cyprus to the Atlantic islands
3. Africa and the slave trade
4. Capitalism, feudalism, and sugar planting in Brazil
5. Bureaucrats and freelances in Spanish America
Part II. Seventeenth-Century Transition:
6. The sugar revolution and the settlement of the Caribbean
7. Anarchy and imperial control
8. Slave societies on the periphery
Part III. Apogee and Revolution:
9. The slave trade and the West African economy in the eighteenth century
10. Atlantic commerce in the eighteenth century
11. The democratic revolution in the Atlantic basin
12. Revolution in the French Antilles
Part IV. Aftermath:
13. Readjustments in the nineteenth century
14. The end of slavery in the Americas
Retrospect.
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