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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.
In 1980 the U.S. government began to systematically collect data on
Hispanics. By 2005 the Latino population of the United States had
become the nation s largest minority and is projected to comprise
about one-third of the total U.S. population in 2050. Utilizing
census data and other statistical source materials, this book
examines the transformations in the demographic, social, and
economic structures of Latino-Americans in the United States
between 1980 and 2005. Unlike most other studies, this book
presents data on transformations over time, rather than a static
portrait of specific topics at particular moments. Latino-Americans
are examined over this twenty-five year period in terms of their
demographic structures, changing patterns of wealth and poverty,
educational attainment, citizenship and voter participation,
occupational structures, employment, and unemployment. The result
is a detailed socioeconomic portrait by region and over time that
indicates the basic patterns that have lead to the formation of a
complex national minority group that has become central to U.S.
society.
In 1980 the U.S. government began to systematically collect data on
Hispanics. By 2005 the Latino population of the United States had
become the nation s largest minority and is projected to comprise
about one-third of the total U.S. population in 2050. Utilizing
census data and other statistical source materials, this book
examines the transformations in the demographic, social, and
economic structures of Latino-Americans in the United States
between 1980 and 2005. Unlike most other studies, this book
presents data on transformations over time, rather than a static
portrait of specific topics at particular moments. Latino-Americans
are examined over this twenty-five year period in terms of their
demographic structures, changing patterns of wealth and poverty,
educational attainment, citizenship and voter participation,
occupational structures, employment, and unemployment. The result
is a detailed socioeconomic portrait by region and over time that
indicates the basic patterns that have lead to the formation of a
complex national minority group that has become central to U.S.
society.
This 2000 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. It utilizes the largest
database ever assembled on a slave population in the Americas to
reconstruct and analyse the unique history of slave labour in Minas
Gerais. This slave population was remarkable in its ability to
diversify economically as well as in increasing through natural
reproduction, rather than through importation via the
trans-atlantic slave trade. Minas Gerais therefore invites
comparison with the patterns of slave reproduction found in the
United States' South, heretofore considered unique. Extensively
researched and finely documented, this book places the history of a
unique Brazilian slave community into comparative perspective.
Slavery was in many ways the fundamental institution in colonial
Cuba, whose economy was based on the export of sugar from the
slave-worked plantations. This volume presents a quantitative study
of Cuban slavery from the late eighteenth century until 1880, the
year slavery was formally abolished on the island. The core of this
study is an examination of the yearly movement of slave prices and
changes in the demographic characteristics of the slave market.
Based on data from the notarial protocol records of the Archivo
Nacional de Cuba, this book establishes precise price trends for
slaves by age, sex, nationality, and occupation, and considers a
number of other variables including the prices of coartados (slaves
who had begun the process of buying their freedom) and the patterns
of emancipation. Incorporating over 30,000 slave transactions from
three separate locations in Cuba - Havana, Santiago, and Cienfuegos
- this work comprises the largest extant database on any slave
market in the Americas.
Slavery was in many ways the fundamental institution in colonial
Cuba, whose economy was based on the export of sugar from the
slave-worked plantations. This volume presents a quantitative study
of Cuban slavery from the late eighteenth century until 1880, the
year slavery was formally abolished on the island. The core of this
study is an examination of the yearly movement of slave prices and
changes in the demographic characteristics of the slave market.
Based on data from the notarial protocol records of the Archivo
Nacional de Cuba, this book establishes precise price trends for
slaves by age, sex, nationality, and occupation, and considers a
number of other variables including the prices of coartados (slaves
who had begun the process of buying their freedom) and the patterns
of emancipation. Incorporating over 30,000 slave transactions from
three separate locations in Cuba - Havana, Santiago, and Cienfuegos
- this work comprises the largest extant database on any slave
market in the Americas.
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