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Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, b/w illus & maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
The relation of slavery to Brazil's economic and social history has long fascinated researchers. Zephyr Frank focuses on nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro, where almost half of the city's residents laboured as slaves of diverse owners in a complex urban setting. Slavery persisted in the Brazilian city, in part, because it was entrenched among upwardly mobile entrepreneurs who hired their slaves out for wages, employed them in family businesses, and bought and sold them for profit. Changes in the institution of slavery and the economy of the city gradually limited access to slaves, constricting avenues of social mobility for slaveholders and ... Read more
The relation of slavery to Brazil's economic and social history has long fascinated researchers. Zephyr Frank focuses on nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro, where almost half of the city's residents laboured as slaves of diverse owners in a complex urban setting. Slavery persisted in the Brazilian city, in part, because it was entrenched among upwardly mobile entrepreneurs who hired their slaves out for wages, employed them in family businesses, and bought and sold them for profit. Changes in the institution of slavery and the economy of the city gradually limited access to slaves, constricting avenues of social mobility for slaveholders and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826334114
SKU
V9780826334114
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About Z.L. Frank
Zephyr L Frank is assistant professor of history at Stanford University.
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