Sugar Island Slavery in the Age of Enlightenment: The Political Economy of the Caribbean World

by Arthur L. Stinchcombe

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Plantations, especially sugar plantations, created slave societies and a racism persisting well into post-slavery periods: so runs a familiar argument that has been used to explain the sweep of Caribbean history. Here one of the most eminent scholars of modern social theory applies this assertion to a comparative study of most Caribbean islands from the time of the American Revolution to the Spanish American War. Arthur Stinchcombe uses insights from...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691029954

ISBN13:9780691029955

Release Date:December 1995

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:7.8" x 10.0"

Related Subjects

Business & Investing Cultural Economics Education & Reference History Politics & Social Sciences Slavery & Emancipation Social Science Social Sciences World

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