Sugar Island Slavery in the Age of Enlightenment : The Political Economy of the Caribbean World

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Plantations, especially sugar plantations, created slave societies and a racism persisting well into post-slavery periods: so runs a familiar argument that has been used to explain the sweep of Caribbean history. Here one of the most eminent scholars of modern social theory applies this assertion to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stinchcombe, Arthur L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Esclaves > Conditions sociales > Antilles > 19e siecle.
Esclavage > Antilles > 19e siecle.
Esclavage > Antilles > Histoire.
Esclaves > Émancipation > Antilles > Histoire.
Plantations de canne à sucre > Personnel > Region caraïbe > Histoire.
Traite des esclaves > Antilles > Histoire.
Industrie sucriere > Personnel > Antilles > Histoire.
Industrie sucriere > Antilles > Histoire.
Economische geschiedenis.
Suikerrietplantages.
Slavernij.
Sugar workers.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Slavery.
Slave trade.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Caraïbes (Region) > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Caraïbes (Region) > Histoire.
Slaves > Emancipation > Caribbean Area > History.
Sugar workers > Caribbean Area > History.
Slave trade > Caribbean Area > History.
Slavery > Caribbean Area > History.
Antilles > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Caribbean Area.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Plantations, especially sugar plantations, created slave societies and a racism persisting well into post-slavery periods: so runs a familiar argument that has been used to explain the sweep of Caribbean history. Here one of the most eminent scholars of modern social theory applies this assertion to a comparative study of most Caribbean islands from the time of the American Revolution to the Spanish American War. Arthur Stinchcombe uses insights from his own much admired Economic Sociology to show why sugar planters needed the help of repressive governments for recruiting disciplined labor. De.
Physical Description:1 online resource (378 pages).
ISBN:9781400822003

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