| Cultivation and Culture: Labor and the Shaping of Slave Life in the Americas Contributor(s): Berlin, Ira (Editor), Morgan, Philip D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813914248 ISBN-13: 9780813914244 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $39.11 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 92031010 |
| Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.20 lbs) 388 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: So central was labor in the lives of African-American slaves that it has often been taken for granted, with little attention given to the type of work that slaves did and the circumstances surrounding it. Cultivation and Culture brings together leading scholars of slavery- historians, anthropologists, and sociologists- to explore when, where, and how slaves labored in growing the New World's great staples and how this work shaped the institution of slavery and the lives of African-American slaves. The authors focus on the interrelationships between the demands of particular crops, the organization of labor, the nature of the labor force, and the character of agricultural technology. They show the full complexity of the institution of chattel bondage in the New World and suggest why and how slavery varied from place to place and time to time. |