Planters, Merchants, and Slaves: Plantation Societies in British America, 1650-1820 by Trevor Burnard (2015) [Dr.Soc]seeders: 7
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Description Planters, Merchants, and Slaves: Plantation Societies in British America, 1650-1820 Author: Trevor Burnard Hardcover: 360 pages Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (October 27, 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 022628610X ISBN-13: 978-0226286105 Format: PDF  Summary: As with any enterprise involving violence and lots of money, running a plantation in early British America was a serious and brutal enterprise. Beyond resources and weapons, a plantation required a significant force of cruel and rapacious men—men who, as Trevor Burnard sees it, lacked any better options for making money. In the contentious Planters, Merchants, and Slaves, Burnard argues that white men did not choose to develop and maintain the plantation system out of virulent racism or sadism, but rather out of economic logic because—to speak bluntly—it worked. These economically successful and ethically monstrous plantations required racial divisions to exist, but their successes were always measured in gold, rather than skin or blood. Burnard argues that the best example of plantations functioning as intended is not those found in the fractious and poor North American colonies, but those in their booming and integrated commercial hub, Jamaica. Sure to be controversial, this book is a major intervention in the scholarship on slavery, economic development, and political power in early British America, mounting a powerful and original argument that boldly challenges historical orthodoxy. [Amazon] Seed, Share, Gain knowledge || Don't forget to give thumbs up Any problem with my uploads, or if they need re-seeding, please PM me. Thanks. Sharing Widget |