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

Author/creator Tomich, Dale W., 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2004.
Descriptionxv, 210 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
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
World social change. ^A465443
Contents Capitalism, slavery, and wht world economy : historical theory and theoretical history -- World of capital, worlds of labor: a 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 and huge comparisons: Caribbean plantations, historical unevenness, and capitalist modernity -- White days, black days: the working day and the crisis of slavery in the French Caribbean -- Une petite guinée: provision ground and plantation in Martinique--integration, adaptation, and appropriation -- Contested terrains: houses, provision grounds, and the reconstitution of labor in postemancipation Martinique.
Local noteLittle-342742--305131048142W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index.
LCCN 2003013079
ISBN074252938X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742529398 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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