Slavery in the circuit of sugar : Martinique and the world economy, 1830-1848 / / Dale W. Tomich

• Autore: Tomich Dale W. <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, New York : , : State University of New York Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (527 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.362097298209034
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - Martinique - History - 19th century; Slave labor - Martinique - History - 19th century; Sugarcane industry - Martinique - History - 19th century; Sugar trade - Martinique - History - 19th century; Sugar trade - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Martinique Economic conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Tables; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the First Edition: Sugar, Slavery, and Capitalism; Introduction to the Second Edition: The Capitalist World-Economy as a Small Island; Chapter 1 Sugar and Slavery in an Age of Global Transformation, 1791-1848; The Destruction of a Sugar Empire; The Emergence of British Hegemony and the Reintegration of the World Sugar Market, 1815-1848; Chapter 2 The Contradictions of Protectionism: Colonial Policy and the French Sugar Market, 1804-1848 ; Reconstruction of the French Colonial EmpireFrom Exclusif Mitigé to Pacte Colonial, 1814-1826; The Abolition of the Slave Trade; Beet Sugar Versus Cane Sugar, 1826-1848; Chapter 3 The Local Face of World Process; Land, Labor, and Sugar: The Expansion of Monoculture; Anatomy of a Sugar Island; The Limits of Agricultural Expansion; Credit, Debt, and Crisis; Inalienable Property; Merchants and Planters; Chapter 4 Sugar and Slavery: Forces and Relations of Production; The Social Requirements of Sugar Production; The Cooperative Force of Slave Labor ; Chapter 5 The Habitation Sucrière: Cell Unit of Colonial ProductionThe Cultivation of Sugar Cane; The Mill; The Refinery; Making Sugar; Chapter 6 Obstacles to Innovation; Sugar, Slavery, and Modern Science; The Usine Centrale: A Blocked Transition; Chapter 7 A Calculated and Calculating System: The Dialectic of Slave Labor; The Hands and Feet of the Planter; Rhythms of Work: Economy of Time; Domination, Hierarchy, and Labor Discipline; Integration, Autonomy, and Resistance; Chapter 8 The Other Face of Slave Labor: Provision Grounds and Internal Marketing; Slavery and Subsistence ; The Self-Appropriation of the AppropriatedThe Fruits of Their Labor; Conclusion: The Global in the Local: World-Economy, Sugar, and the Crisis of Plantation Slavery in Martinique; Appendix 1 Estimated Volume of the Slave Trade to Martinique, 1814-1831; Appendix 2 Slave Prices by Age and Occupation, 1825-1839; Period 1: 1825-1829; Period 2: 1830-1834; Period 3: 1835-1839; Notes; Works Cited; Primary Sources; Official Publications; Books, Pamphlets, and Articles; Selected Secondary Sources; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Slavery in the circuit of sugar
• ISBN: 1-4384-5918-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465862503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fernand Braudel Center studies in historical social science.