By Marco G. Meniketti
ISBN-10: 0817318917
ISBN-13: 9780817318918
Sugar Cane Capitalism and Environmental Transformation relies on twelve seasons of meticulous archaeological box paintings and documentary examine. even though Nevis used to be a bustling hub of the British colonial venture, the emigration of emancipated slaves and abandonment by means of eu planters left huge swathes of Nevis vacant. Reclaimed by means of forests and undisturbed by means of later waves of monetary improvement, the island—dotted with interesting ruins, particles from the sugar undefined, windmills, chimneys, and multistoried nice house—provided Meniketti with an incredible topic for archaeological inquiry.
Through extensive archaeological and panorama surveys of a number of key plantation websites, Meniketti strains the advance of Nevis from its preliminary ecu payment in 1627 to its critical function as a British mercantile hub and a laboratory and prototype of capitalist sugar cultivation. His nuanced research explains the backdrop of eu political and financial rivalries, of which the colonial agro-industrial firms have been the actual manifestations, and makes telling comparisons with Dutch and French archaeological websites. The paintings additionally compares and contrasts the adoption of capitalist modes of sugar creation and socialization at filthy rich and middling plantation sites.
Supported with a wealth of images, tables, and maps, Sugar Cane Capitalism and Environmental Transformation deals an important case learn of 1 island whose surroundings and archaeological checklist illuminates the advanced webs of Atlantic history.
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