| Slavery and the Demographic and Economic History of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1720 1888 Contributor(s): Bergad, Laird W. (Author), Knight, Alan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521652669 ISBN-13: 9780521652667 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $132.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1999 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Slavery - History | Latin America - South America - Social Science | Demography |
| Dewey: 306.362 |
| LCCN: 98-50559 |
| Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.46 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines the demographic and economic history of slavery in Minas Gerais, the single largest slave-holding region in Brazil, from its settlement in the early eighteenth century until the abolition of Brazilian slavery in 1888. This slave population was remarkable in its ability to diversify economically as well as to increase through natural reproduction, rather than through importation via the trans-Altantic slave trade. Extensively researched and finely documented, this book places the history of a unique Brazilian slave community into comparative perspective. |