Vassouras a Brazilian coffee county, 1850-1900 : the roles of planter and slave in a plantation society / Stanley J. Stein.

Author/creator Stein, Stanley J.
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1985]
Descriptionxxii, 314 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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Subjects
Plantation life--Brazil. --Vassouras. --History. --19th century.
Slavery--Brazil. --Vassouras. --History. --19th century.
Plantation owners--Brazil. --Vassouras. --History. --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Brazil. --Vassouras. --History. --19th century.
Coffee growers--Brazil. --Vassouras. --History. --19th century.
Coffee--Brazil. --Vassouras. --History. --19th century.
Social change--Brazil. --Vassouras. --History. --19th century.
Vassouras (Brazil)--History. --19th century.
Vassouras (Brazil)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.
Vassouras (Brazil)--Economic conditions. --19th century.

Variant title Vassouras, a Brazilian coffee county, 1850-1900
Contents Part One. From wilderness to plantation -- Introduction -- Part Two. The economy of prosperity -- Plantations in the fifties and sixties -- Plantation labor -- Marketing, provisioning and transport -- Part Three. Plantation society -- The free -- Planter and slave -- Patterns of living -- Religion and festivities on the plantation -- Part Four. Decline -- The crumbling economy -- Abolition and aftermath -- Epilogue -- The legacy -- Appendix -- Glossary.
General noteOriginally published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1957.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 85042659
ISBN0691022364 (paperback : acid-free paper)
ISBN0691076944 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

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