Through the prism of slavery labor, capital, and world economy / Dale W. Tomich.

Author/creator Tomich, Dale W., 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham : Rowman & Littlefield,
Descriptionxv, 210 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Slave labor--Caribbean Area. --History. --19th century.
Slavery--Caribbean Area. --History. --19th century.
Sugarcane industry--Caribbean Area. --History.
Slave labor--History. --19th century.

SeriesWorld social change
Contents World market and American slavery: problems of historical method -- World of capital, worlds of labor: reworking class in global perspective -- The "second slavery": bonded labor and the transformation of the nineteenth century world economy -- World slavery and Caribbean capitalism: the Cuban sugar industry, 1760-1868 -- Spaces of slavery: times of freedom: rethinking Caribbean history in world perspective -- Small islands & huge comparisons: Caribbean plantations, historical unevenness, & capitalist modernity -- White days, black days: the working day and the crisis of slavery in the French Caribbean -- Une petite guine: provision ground and plantation in Martinique, 1830-1870 -- Contested terrains: houses, provision grounds, and the reconstitution of labor in post-emancipation Martinique.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2003013079
ISBN074252938X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742529398 (pbk. : alk. paper)