Sugar Islands The Sugar Economy of Madeira and the Canaries, 1450–1650
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20073587 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alberto Vieira (0000-0003-2176-7449, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 42-84 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Tropical Babylons (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5149/9780807895627_schwartz.7 |
| OpenAlex | W2500272031 |
| ISBN | 9780807895627 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This chapter examines the development of sugar industries in Madeira and the Canary Islands from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. It compares the structure and dynamic of the two industries, and introduces the role of foreign capital in the sugar industry. The chapter also explores the importance of water rights as well as land, the development of coerced labor or forced slavery, the distribution of slaves in sugar mills, and sugar trade in European markets
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Economics · Economy · Fifteenth · Geography · Sugar · Sugar industry · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Food Science
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |