Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society
Bahia, 1550–1835
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- Paperback
644 pages
- Release Date
31 January 1986
Summary
This study examines the history of the sugar economy and the peculiar development of plantation society over a three hundred year period in Bahia, a major sugar plantation zone and an important terminus of the Atlantic slave trade. Drawing on little-used archival sources, plantations accounts, and notarial records, Professor Schwartz has examined through both quantitative and qualitative methods the various groups that made up plantation society. While he devotes much attention to masters and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521313995 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0521313996 |
| Author: | Stuart B. Schwartz |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 644 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 1986 |
| Weight: | 992g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 33mm |
| Series: | Cambridge Latin American Studies |
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Critics Review
‘Sugar Plantation is a major contribution to our efforts to understand Bahia and its sugar and slaveholding system. It is required readin not only for specialists in Brazilian history, but for anyone interested in the question of slavery and race relations in the Americas.’ Francis A. Dutra, Hispanic American Historical Review ‘Clearly destined to become a classic in the field.’ Eric Van Young, Agricultural History
About The Author
Stuart B. Schwartz
Schwartz is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University.
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