Format:
Online-Ressource (380 p.)
ISBN:
9780691029955
Content:
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 his own much admired Economic Sociology to show why sugar planters needed the help of repressive governments for recruiting disciplined labor. D
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400822003
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sugar Island Slavery in the Age of Enlightenment : The Political Economy of the Caribbean World
Language:
English
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