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Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680

Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680


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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," presenting a revisionist examination of the origins of society and economy in the Atlantic world. Focusing on areas colonized by Spain and Portugal, 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 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.

About the Author :
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.

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"Tropical Babylons greatly enhances our understanding of two previously unexplored centuries in the history of sugar, a vital link of colonial capitalism in the Atlantic world during the early modern era." -- Francisco Scarano, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Tropical Babylons makes a substantial overall contribution to several connected fields. It provides considerably new information about the rise of the Atlantic sugar complex with interesting details on the relationship between slavery and sugar making as well as the complex nature of the early sugar trade in Europe." -- Franklin W. Knight, The Johns Hopkins University "[An] excellent collection of essays. . . . An excellent summary for the specialist and a valuable introduction for the non-specialist." -- H-Atlantic "[This book is] the basic source for the early Atlantic sugar sector." -- EH.NET "Breathtaking. . . . Offer[s] stimulating insights. . . . Might produce some stimulating comparative discussion." -- CHOICE "Each chapter is well-written, well-argued, and freighted with authority. . . . The contributors have certainly raised discussion to a new plateau. For anyone interested in the historical geography of the sugar industry and in the early Atlantic economy this book is, to use a colloquialism, a 'must read.'" -- Agricultural History "The handiest volume on the subject of sugar. . . . Well produced. . . . Clear, readable prose." -- Businesss History Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780807828755
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0807828750
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2004
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 368
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 652 gr


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