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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784623803321

Autore

Miller Joseph Calder

Titolo

Way of death : merchant capitalism and the Angolan slave trade, 1730-1830 / / Joseph C. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, 1988

ISBN

0-299-11563-1

9786612622809

1-282-62280-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxx, 770 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

382/.44/09469

Soggetti

Slave traders - Angola - History

Slave trade - Angola - History

Slave trade - Brazil - History

Slave trade - Portugal - History

Brazil Commerce History

Portugal Commercial policy History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This acclaimed history of Portuguese and Brazilian slaving in the southern Atlantic is now available in paperback. "A landmark study in the history of the Atlantic slave trade. It will be an essential reference for anyone who writes on the trade, from whatever perspective, for years to come."