Way Of Death : Merchant Capitalism And The Angolan Slave Trade, 1730-1830.

This acclaimed history of Portuguese and Brazilian slaving in the southern Atlantic is now available in paperback. "A landmark study in the history of the Atlantic slave trade. It will be an essential reference for anyone who writes on the trade, from whatever perspective, for years to come.&qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press 1997.
Temas:
Slave traders > Angola > History.
Slave trade > Angola > History.
Slave trade > Brazil > History.
Slave trade > Portugal > History.
Marchands d'esclaves > Angola > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Angola > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Brésil > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Portugal > Histoire.
Commerce
Commercial policy
Slave trade
Slave traders
Brazil > Commerce > History.
Portugal > Commercial policy > History.
Angola
Brazil
Portugal
Electronic resource.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover13;
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Tables and Figures
  • Translation of a Slave Inventory
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations Used in Notes
  • Part 1. Africa: Births and Deaths
  • Chapter 1: The People of Western Central Africa
  • Chapter 2: The Value of Material Goods and People in African Political Economies
  • Chapter 3: Foreign Imports and Their Uses in the Political Economy of Western Central Africa
  • Chapter 4: The Production of People
  • Chapter 5: The Demography of Slaving
  • Part 2. Traders: On the Way
  • Chapter 6: Bridging the Gap
  • Chapter 7: A History of Competition, Comparative Advantage, and Credit
  • Chapter 8: Casualties of Merchant Capital
  • Chapter 9: The White Mans Grave
  • Chapter 10: Floating Tombs
  • Chapter 11: Voyage of No Return
  • Part 3. Brazil: The Last Stop
  • Chapter 12: Trading on the Fringes
  • Chapter 13: Toward the Center
  • Chapter 14: Back to Trading on the Fringes
  • Part 4. Portugal: Merchants of Death
  • Chapter 15: The Slave Duty Contracts in the Southern Atlantic, Before 1760
  • Chapter 16: 8220;Freedom of Trade8221; in the Pombal Era, 17551772
  • Chapter 17: The Dry Well, 17721810
  • Chapter 18: Lisbons Lost Colony, 18101830
  • Part 5. Conclusion
  • Chapter 19: The Economics of Mortality
  • Appendix A: Comparative Estimates of Basic Labor Rations
  • Appendix B: Estimate of Mortality among Slaves Awaiting Sale in the New World
  • Appendix C: Principal Authors of Documentation Cited
  • Glossary of Foreign Terms Used in the Text
  • Glossary of Portuguese Terms Used in the Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index.

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