Slavery and the Demographic and Economic History of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1720-1888

ISBN-13: 9780521652667 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 336 str.

Laird Bergad

Opis

This book examines the demographic and economic history of slavery in Minas Gerais, the single largest slave-holding region in Brazil, from its settlement in the early eighteenth century until the abolition of Brazilian slavery in 1888. This slave population was remarkable in its ability to diversify economically as well as to increase through natural reproduction, rather than through importation via the trans-Altantic slave trade. Extensively researched and finely documented, this book places the history of a unique Brazilian slave community into comparative perspective.

Recenzje

"This is an ambitious volume focusing on the largest of Brazil's eighteenth and nineteenth-century regional slave system...the book has two important merits: it makes recent findings on a major slave economy available in a well-written English text; and it emphasizes the importance of market forces in determining historical tendencies...Bergad has undoubtedly made a substantial contribution to our understanding of price fluctuations and of age and gender distributions." American Historical Review Feb 2002

Spis treści

List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Maps; 1. The mining-driven economy and its demise: from settlement to 1808; 2. Economic transformations, 1808–88; 3. Demographic rhythms from settlement to the census of 1872; 4. Demographic aspects of slavery, 1720–1888; 5. Economic aspects of slavery, 1720–1888; 6. Conclusions; Appendixes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.