{"product_id":"tropical-babylons-sugar-and-the-making-of-the-atlantic-world-1450-1680-paperback","title":"Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStuart B. Schwartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003ci\u003eTropical Babylons\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eAlejandro de la Fuente, University of Pittsburgh\u003cbr\u003eHerbert Klein, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eJohn J. McCusker, Trinity University\u003cbr\u003eRussell R. Menard, University of Minnesota\u003cbr\u003eWilliam D. Phillips Jr., University of Minnesota\u003cbr\u003eGenaro Rodriguez Morel, Seville, Spain\u003cbr\u003eStuart B. Schwartz, Yale University\u003cbr\u003eEddy Stols, Leuven University, Belgium\u003cbr\u003eAlberto Vieira, Centro de Estudos Atlanticos, Madeira \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.4 x 6.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52320050381074,"sku":"9780807855386","price":76.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/UVFqTkhHRjJ2OG1DWlhRK0pnVys0dz09.webp?v=1780246552","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/tropical-babylons-sugar-and-the-making-of-the-atlantic-world-1450-1680-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}