The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex: Essays in Atlantic History

Philip D. Curtin

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511819414

Over a period of several centuries, Europeans developed an intricate system of plantation agriculture overseas which was quite different from the agricultural system used at home. Though the plantation complex centered on the American tropics, its influence was much wider. Much more than an economic order for the Americas, the plantation complex had an important place in world history. These essays concentrate on the intercontinental impact.

‘This study of the transfer of slave plantations from the eastern Mediterranean to the tropical New World demonstrates [Curtin’s] insight into transregional patterns. The detail in his wide-ranging account is impressive, and it provides the reader with an informative overview.’

David A. Chappell Source: Journal of World History

‘Anyone interested in New World foundations should begin with this collection; even experts will find thought-provoking moments here.’

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Beginnings
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1 - The Mediterranean origins
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2 - Sugar planting: from Cyprus to the Atlantic islands
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3 - Africa and the slave trade
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4 - Capitalism, feudalism, and sugar planting in Brazil
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5 - Bureaucrats and free lances in Spanish America
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Seventeenth-century transition
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6 - The sugar revolution and the settlement of the Caribbean
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7 - Anarchy and imperial control
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8 - Slave societies on the periphery
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Apogee and revolution
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9 - The slave trade and the West African economy in the eighteenth century
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10 - Atlantic commerce in the eighteenth century
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11 - The Democratic Revolution in the Atlantic basin
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12 - Revolution in the French Antilles
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Aftermath
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13 - Readjustments in the nineteenth century
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14 - The end of slavery in the Americas
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Retrospect
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Appendix
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Preface to first edition
pp xi-xiv

Beginnings
pp 1-2

1 - The Mediterranean origins
pp 3-16

2 - Sugar planting: from Cyprus to the Atlantic islands
pp 17-28

3 - Africa and the slave trade
pp 29-45

4 - Capitalism, feudalism, and sugar planting in Brazil
pp 46-57

5 - Bureaucrats and free lances in Spanish America
pp 58-70

Seventeenth-century transition
pp 71-72

6 - The sugar revolution and the settlement of the Caribbean
pp 73-85

7 - Anarchy and imperial control
pp 86-97

8 - Slave societies on the periphery
pp 98-110

Apogee and revolution
pp 111-112

9 - The slave trade and the West African economy in the eighteenth century
pp 113-128

10 - Atlantic commerce in the eighteenth century
pp 129-143

11 - The Democratic Revolution in the Atlantic basin
pp 144-157

12 - Revolution in the French Antilles
pp 158-170

Aftermath
pp 171-172

13 - Readjustments in the nineteenth century
pp 173-188

14 - The end of slavery in the Americas
pp 189-203

Retrospect
pp 204-206

Appendix
pp 207-212

Index
pp 213-222

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