{"product_id":"the-business-of-racism-labor-and-environment-in-brazils-racial-capitalism-hardback-9781478029700","title":"The Business of Racism; Labor and Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism (Hardback) 9781478029700","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Business of Racism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLabor and Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan Carrillo (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781478029700\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 May 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 4 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.535 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Racism\u003c\/i\u003e, Ian Carrillo employs a case study from Brazil’s sugarcane industry to show how racial capitalism is promulgated and maintained through politics and business. As Carrillo recounts, in the mid-2000s, Brazil embarked on a state-led project to improve environmental and labor conditions in sugarcane production. He describes how, seeing increased government regulation of their worksite as a threat to their power, the elites of Brazil’s sugar-ethanol industry repurposed long-standing racial ideologies to undermine progressive institutions and elevate their own leaders. Carrillo’s extensive ethnographic fieldwork in mills and plantations, as well as interviews with federal labor regulators and sugar-ethanol industry elites in Brazil, weaves together an account of how Brazil’s labor and environmental regulations are forged through racial and class struggles at worksites and within the state. \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Racism\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to ongoing sociological debates about race, development, and the environment while highlighting future pathways for achieving racial justice, labor equality, and climate sustainability.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Slave Labor and the Remaking of the Racial State in the Amazon  29\u003cbr\u003e 2. Reforming the Business of Racism in Sugarcane  59\u003cbr\u003e 3. Racialized Modernity, Interest Convergence, and Sã\u003cbr\u003eo Paulo Elites  95\u003cbr\u003e 4. Racialized Organizations, Crises of Legitimacy, and Northeastern Elites  125\u003cbr\u003e 5. Regulators and Repertoires of Revaluation  151\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Patrimonial Backlash  181\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion  209\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Methods  225\u003cbr\u003e References  229\u003cbr\u003e Index  253\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591026503960,"sku":"9781478029700","price":71.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-business-of-racism-labor-and-environment-in-brazils-racial-capitalism-hardback-9781478029700","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}