The reinvention of Atlantic slavery : technology, labor, race, and capitalism in the greater Caribbean / Daniel B. Rood.
2017
HT1071 .R66 2017
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Title
The reinvention of Atlantic slavery : technology, labor, race, and capitalism in the greater Caribbean / Daniel B. Rood.
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ISBN
9780190655297 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Call Number
HT1071 .R66 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.36209729
Summary
'The Reinvention of Atlantic Slavery' explores how, in an age of industry and abolition, ambitious planters in the Upper US South, Cuba, and Brazil expanded slavery by collaborating with a transnational group of chemists, engineers, and other 'plantation experts' to assist them in adapting the technologies of the Industrial Revolution to suit 'tropical' needs.
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'The Reinvention of Atlantic Slavery' explores how, in an age of industry and abolition, ambitious planters in the Upper US South, Cuba, and Brazil expanded slavery by collaborating with a transnational group of chemists, engineers, and other 'plantation experts' to assist them in adapting the technologies of the Industrial Revolution to suit 'tropical' needs.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 21, 2017).
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Print version: 9780190655266
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