{"product_id":"tropical-babylons-stuart-b-schwartz-9780807855386","title":"Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680","description":"The idea that sugar, plantations, slavery, and capitalism were all present at the birth of the Atlantic world has long dominated scholarly thinking. In nine original essays by a multinational group of top scholars, \u003ci\u003eTropical Babylons\u003c\/i\u003e re-evaluates this so-called \"sugar revolution.\" The most comprehensive comparative study to date of early Atlantic sugar economies, this collection presents a revisionist examination of the origins of society and economy in the Atlantic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on areas colonized by Spain and Portugal (before the emergence of the Caribbean sugar colonies of England, France, and Holland), these essays show that despite reliance on common knowledge and technology, there were considerable variations in the way sugar was produced. With studies of Iberia, Madeira and the Canary Islands, Hispaniola, Cuba, Brazil, and Barbados, this volume demonstrates the similarities and differences between the plantation colonies, questions the very idea of a sugar revolution, and shows how the specific conditions in each colony influenced the way sugar was produced and the impact of that crop on the formation of \"tropical Babylons--multiracial societies of great oppression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eAlejandro de la Fuente, University of Pittsburgh\u003cbr\u003eHerbert Klein, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eJohn J. McCusker, Trinity University\u003cbr\u003eRussell R. Menard, University of Minnesota\u003cbr\u003eWilliam D. Phillips Jr., University of Minnesota\u003cbr\u003eGenaro Rodriguez Morel, Seville, Spain\u003cbr\u003eStuart B. Schwartz, Yale University\u003cbr\u003eEddy Stols, Leuven University, Belgium\u003cbr\u003eAlberto Vieira, Centro de Estudos Atlanticos, Madeira \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart B. Schwartz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807855383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807855386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.46w x 0.87d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 1647","brand":"Stuart B. Schwartz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947259429119,"sku":"9780807855386","price":47.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4d435467-f7cd-4f79-8dae-639a2ebf286c.jpg?v=1681517657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tropical-babylons-stuart-b-schwartz-9780807855386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}