| Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680 Contributor(s): Schwartz, Stuart B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807855383 ISBN-13: 9780807855386 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $45.13 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: This collection of original essays provides a comparative study of early Caribbean sugar economies as well as a revisionist examination of the origins of society and economy in the Atlantic world. Schwartz also examines the role of plantation colonies in the formation of multiracial, oppressive societies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Industries - Agribusiness |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 2004001752 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.46" W x 9.4" (1.16 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The idea that sugar, plantations, slavery, and capitalism were all present at the birth of the Atlantic world has long dominated scholarly thinking. In nine original essays by a multinational group of top scholars, Tropical Babylons re-evaluates this so-called "sugar revolution." The most comprehensive comparative study to date of early Atlantic sugar economies, this collection presents a revisionist examination of the origins of society and economy in the Atlantic world. Focusing on areas colonized by Spain and Portugal (before the emergence of the Caribbean sugar colonies of England, France, and Holland), these essays show that despite reliance on common knowledge and technology, there were considerable variations in the way sugar was produced. With studies of Iberia, Madeira and the Canary Islands, Hispaniola, Cuba, Brazil, and Barbados, this volume demonstrates the similarities and differences between the plantation colonies, questions the very idea of a sugar revolution, and shows how the specific conditions in each colony influenced the way sugar was produced and the impact of that crop on the formation of "tropical Babylons--multiracial societies of great oppression. Contributors: Alejandro de la Fuente, University of Pittsburgh Herbert Klein, Columbia University John J. McCusker, Trinity University Russell R. Menard, University of Minnesota William D. Phillips Jr., University of Minnesota Genaro Rodriguez Morel, Seville, Spain Stuart B. Schwartz, Yale University Eddy Stols, Leuven University, Belgium Alberto Vieira, Centro de Estudos Atlanticos, Madeira |
Contributor Bio(s): Schwartz, Stuart B.: - Stuart B. Schwartz is George Burton Adams Professor of History and Master of Ezra Stiles College at Yale University. He is author or editor of several books, including Slaves, Peasants, and Rebels: Reconsidering Brazilian Slavery. |