Tropical Babylons: Sugar and the Making of the Atlantic World, 1450-1680
by Stuart B. Schwartz
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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, Tropical Babylons 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.Focusing on areas show more colonized by Spain and Portugal (before the emergence of the Caribbean sugar colonies of show lessTags
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Stuart B. Schwartz is the George Burton Adams Professor of History and Chair of the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale University In 2000, he was made a comendador da Ordem do Cruzeiro do Sid, Brazil's highest award for foreigners, in recognition of his contributions to Brazilian history.
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