Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar : Martinique and the World-Economy, 1830-1848

Name: Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar : Martinique and the World-Economy, 1830-1848
Brand: State University of New York Press

State University of New York Press

Slavery in the Circuit of SugarMartinique and the World-Economy, 1830-1848\nAuthor(s): Dale W. Tomich\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438459172, 978-1438459172\nSynopsis\nTraces the historical development of slave labor and plantation agriculture in nineteenth-century Martinique.\n\nA classic text long out of print, Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar traces the historical development of slave labor and plantation agriculture in Martinique during the period immediately preceding slave emancipation in 1848. Interpreting these events against the broader background of the world-economy, Dale W. Tomich analyzes the importance of topics such as British hegemony in the nineteenth century, related developments of the French economy, and competition from European beet sugar producers. He shows how slaves' adaptation-and resistance-to changing working conditions transformed the plantation la]