The Rise & Fall of the Plantation Complex

The Rise & Fall of the Plantation Complex

1990 • 246 pages

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Over a period of several centuries, Europeans developed an intricate system of plantation agriculture overseas that was quite different from the agricultural system used at home. Though the plantation complex centered on the American tropics, its influence was much wider. Much more than an economic order for the Americas, the plantation complex had an important place in world history. These essays concentrate on the intercontinental impact.

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Studies in Comparative World History

Studies in Comparative World History is a 6-book series first released in 1990 with contributions by Philip D. Curtin, John K. Thornton, and Lauren A. Benton.


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