Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar, Second Edition: Martinique and the World-Economy, 1830-1848 (SUNY Series, Fernand Braudel Center Studies in Historical Social Science)

Traces the historical development of slave labor and plantation agriculture in nineteenth-century Martinique. A classic text long out of print, Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar traces the historical development of slave labor and plantation agriculture in Martinique during the period immediately preceding slave emancipation in 1848. Interpreting these events against the broader background of the world-economy, Dale W. Tomich analyzes the importance of topics such as British hegemony in the nineteenth century, related developments of the French economy, and competition from European beet sugar producers. He shows how slaves’ adaptation―and resistance―to changing working conditions transformed the plantation labor regime and the very character of slavery itself. Based on archival sources in France and Martinique, Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar offers a vivid reconstruction of the complex and contradictory interrelations among the world market, the material processes of sugar production, and the social relations of slavery. In this second edition, Tomich includes a new introduction in which he offers an explicit discussion of the methodological and theoretical issues entailed in developing and extending the world-systems perspective and clarifies the importance of the approach for the study of particular histories. Contents......Page 8 List of Tables......Page 10 List of Illustrations......Page 12 Foreword......Page 14 Preface to the Second Edition......Page 16 Acknowledgments......Page 18 Introduction to the First Edition: Sugar, Slavery, and Capitalism......Page 20 Introduction to the Second Edition: The Capitalist World-Economy as a Small Island......Page 36 Chapter 1 Sugar and Slavery in an Age of Global Transformation, 1791–1848......Page 70 The Destruction of a Sugar Empire......Page 73 The Emergence of British Hegemony and the Reintegration of the World Sugar Market, 1815–1848......Page 80 Chapter 2 The Contradictions of Protectionism: Colonial Policy and the French Sugar Market, 1804–1848......Page 96 Reconstruction of the French Colonial Empire......Page 98 From Exclusif Mitigé to Pacte Colonial, 1814–1826......Page 108 The Abolition of the Slave Trade......Page 122 Beet Sugar Versus Cane Sugar, 1826–1848......Page 132 Chapter 3 The Local Face of World Process......Page 152 Land, Labor, and Sugar: The Expansion of Monoculture......Page 154 Anatomy of a Sugar Island......Page 169 The Limits of Agricultural Expansion......Page 180 Credit, Debt, and Crisis......Page 189 Inalienable Property......Page 196 Merchants and Planters......Page 202 Chapter 4 Sugar and Slavery: Forces and Relations of Production......Page 212 The Social Requirements of Sugar Production......Page 215 The Cooperative Force of Slave Labor......Page 218 Chapter 5 The Habitation Sucrière: Cell Unit of Colonial Production......Page 232 The Cultivation of Sugar Cane......Page 234 The Mill......Page 246 The Refinery......Page 263 Making Sugar......Page 274 Chapter 6 Obstacles to Innovation......Page 296 Sugar, Slavery, and Modern Science......Page 298 The Usine Centrale: A Blocked Transition......Page 316 Chapter 7 A Calculated and Calculating System: The Dialectic of Slave Labor......Page 328 The Hands and Feet of the Planter......Page 332 Rhythms of Work: Economy of Time......Page 346 Domination, Hierarchy, and Labor Discipline......Page 357 Integration, Autonomy, and Resistance......Page 372 Chapter 8 The Other Face of Slave Labor: Provision Grounds and Internal Marketing......Page 386 Slavery and Subsistence......Page 390 The Self-Appropriation of the Appropriated......Page 394 The Fruits of Their Labor......Page 406 Conclusion: The Global in the Local: World-Economy, Sugar, and the Crisis of Plantation Slavery in Martinique......Page 416 Appendix 1 Estimated Volume of the Slave Trade to Martinique, 1814–1831......Page 440 Period 1: 1825–1829......Page 444 Period 2: 1830–1834......Page 446 Period 3: 1835–1839......Page 447 Notes......Page 450 Primary Sources......Page 496 Official Publications......Page 498 Books, Pamphlets, and Articles......Page 499 Selected Secondary Sources......Page 502 Index......Page 514 La 4e de couverture indique : "A classic text long out of print, Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar traces the historical development of slave labor and plantation agriculture in Martinique during the period immediately preceding slave emancipation in 1848. Interpreting these events against the broader background of the world-economy, Dale W. Tomich analyzes the importance of topics such as British hegemony in the nineteenth century, related developments of the French economy, and competition from European beet sugar producers. He shows how slaves' adaptation-and resistance-to changing working conditions transformed the plantation labor regime and the very character of slavery itself. Based on archival sources in France and Martinique, Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar offers a vivid reconstruction of the complex and contradictory interrelations among the world market, the material processes of sugar production, and the social relations of slavery. In this second edition, Tomich includes a new introduction in which he offers an explicit discussion of the methodological and theoretical issues entailed in developing and extending the world-systems perspective and clarifies the importance of the approach for the study of particular histories." Slavery and Subsistence -- The Self-Appropriation of the Appropriated -- The Fruits of Their Labor -- Conclusion: The Global in the Local: World-Economy, Sugar, and the Crisis of Plantation Slavery in Martinique -- Appendix 1 Estimated Volume of the Slave Trade to Martinique, 1814-1831 -- Appendix 2 Slave Prices by Age and Occupation, 1825-1839 -- Period 1: 1825-1829 -- Period 2: 1830-1834 -- Period 3: 1835-1839 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Primary Sources -- Official Publications -- Books, Pamphlets, and Articles -- Selected Secondary Sources -- Index