{"product_id":"the-rise-and-fall-of-the-plantation-complex-essays-in-atlantic-history-hardback-9780521620765","title":"The Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex; Essays in Atlantic History (Hardback) 9780521620765","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Plantation Complex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Atlantic History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA new edition of Philip Curtin's classic work on the history of the plantations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip D. Curtin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521620765, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 February 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, 2 b\/w illus.  22 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.1 cm, 0.501 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Anyone interested in New World foundations should begin with this collection; even experts will find thought-provoking moments here.' Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOver 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Beginnings: 1. The Mediterranean origins\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sugar planting: from Cyprus to the Atlantic islands\u003cbr\u003e 3. Africa and the slave trade\u003cbr\u003e 4. Capitalism, feudalism, and sugar planting in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 5. Bureaucrats and freelances in Spanish America\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Seventeenth-Century Transition: 6. The sugar revolution and the settlement of the Caribbean\u003cbr\u003e 7. Anarchy and imperial control\u003cbr\u003e 8. Slave societies on the periphery\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Apogee and Revolution: 9. The slave trade and the West African economy in the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 10. Atlantic commerce in the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 11. The democratic revolution in the Atlantic basin\u003cbr\u003e 12. Revolution in the French Antilles\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Aftermath: 13. Readjustments in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 14. The end of slavery in the Americas\u003cbr\u003e Retrospect.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129265672472,"sku":"9780521620765","price":70.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521620765i.jpg?v=1691666498","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-plantation-complex-essays-in-atlantic-history-hardback-9780521620765","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}