Slave families and the hato economy in Puerto Rico

• Tác giả: David Martin Stark
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0813060439
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 306.362097295 Economic institutions
• Mô tả vật lý: xv, 251 pages ; , 24 cm
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 282627
• Chủ đề: 1. Cattle trade--Puerto Rico; 2. Church records and registers--Puerto Rico; 3. Slave trade--History--Puerto Rico; 4. Slavery--History--Puerto Rico

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219 -238) and index.

Tóm tắt

This book approaches Caribbean slavery by emphasizing the importance of the hato (herding) economy on Puerto Rico rather than sugar and tobacco production. The author makes use of extensive Catholic parish records.