The Planter Class and the Debate over Chinese Immigration to Brazil, 1850–1893

Bibliographic Data

ID11382147
AuthorsRobert Conrad (University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author)
Year1975
Volume9
Issue1
Pages41-55
Publication date1975-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/019791837500900104
OpenAlexW2054471651
ISBN9791837500900
LanguageEN
Citations received15

As the nineteenth century witnessed the implementation of one measure after another which led inexorably to the abolition of Brazilia slavery in 1888 the planters and landowners found themselves compelled to seek alternative sources of manpower. During the second half of the nineteenth century the recruitment of Amerindians and Asians and the compulsion of Europeans or poor Brazilians into long-term contracts appeared to be a viable solution. But the planters long accustomed to treating even free laborers as slaves proved their own worst enemies: free laborers in time evaded their grasp only to have the labor shortage exacerbated. (excerpt)

Class (philosophy · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy

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