Coffee on the move

Technology, Labour and Race in the Making of a Transatlantic Plantation System

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ID5717217
AutoresMarta Macedo (0000-0003-2867-8828, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume16
Fascículo2
Páginas262-272
Data de publicação2021-03-04
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMobilities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1745-0101 • E-ISSN: 1745-011X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17450101.2021.1885842
OpenAlexW3134291734
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas29

In the mid 19th century, plantations began to spread across multiple geographies of the Global South. This paper discusses this particular institution and phenomena, by focusing on the Atlantic circulation of coffee plants, agronomic knowledge and racialized labour practices. Combining approaches from mobilities studies and history of technology, it argues that plantations are particularly well suited to grasp the dynamics of displacement and resettling, and to connect the global and the local scales. More specifically, this paper follows a group of men, directly or indirectly involved in the trade of enslaved persons from Angola to Brazil, and analyses what travelled along with them, namely, plantation artifacts, technologies and ideas about labour and race. By doing so, it unveils the hidden links between the Paraíba Valley and São Tomé, and shows how plantations moved between these localities, and adapted to different social and natural environments

Displacement (psychology · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Institution · Mobilities · Race (biology · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

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