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PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100367434253

ISBN-139780367434250

eBay Product ID (ePID)19057250389

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Number of Pages268 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameColonial Slavery : an Abridged Translation

SubjectSlavery, Social History, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History

AuthorJacob Gorender

SeriesDecolonizing the Classics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2021-049141

Reviews"This is a classic of Latin American Marxist thought. Originally published in 1978, the book uses the concept of mode of production and the conceptual instruments developed in Das Kapital to understand the organization of slave labor in Brazil and to seek 'laws' that explain in a more abstract way the structure and social reproduction in slavery societies of colonial America. It is perhaps the most emblematic book of Brazilian Marxism in the 1980s. An essential reading for anyone interested in the history of ideas and of Marxism in Latin America, O Escravismo Colonial continues to be revisited by Marxist authors today." Antonio Sergio Guimarães, Professor of Sociology, Universidade de São Paulo "With this work Gorender affirms the original character of Portuguese colonialism in Brazil. The author demonstrates that slavery was the structuring mode of production in Brazil, resulting in the kind of social relations that make the country what it is today. A required reading for all those who seek to understand racial inequalities in Brazil and the slaveholding Americas." Fernando Concei çã o, Professor of Communication, Federal University of Bahia

IllustratedYes

Original LanguagePortuguese

Table Of ContentPart I: Fundamental Categories 1. Colonial Slavery: A Historically New Mode of Production 2. The Category of Slavery 3. The Plantation Form of Organization of Slave Production Part II: Genesis 4. Portuguese Society and Overseas Expansion 5. Original Sources of Slave Labor Force 6. Aspects of the Establishment of Slave Plantations in Brazil Part III: Specific Laws of the Colonial Slave Mode of Production 7. Introduction 8. Law of Money Income 9. Law of the Initial Investment to Acquire the Enslaved Person 10. Effects of the Law of Initial Investment to Acquire the Enslaved Person 11. Laws of the Rigidity of the Slave Workforce 12. Law of the Correlation between the Mercantile Economy and the Natural Economy in Slave Plantations 13. Socioeconomic Dynamics and Historiography 14. Categories Extraneous to the Concept of Colonial Slavery 15. Dualism, Integrationism, and Other Interpretations of History 16. Law of the Enslaved Population 17. Factors Opposed to the Growth of the Enslaved Population Part IV: Territorial Regime and Land Rent 18. Territorial Regime in Slaveholding Brazil 19. Industrial Slave Rent and Slave Ground Rent Bibliographic References

SynopsisJacob Gorender's (1923-2013) 1978 book, Colonial Slavery ( O Escravismo Colonial ), comes alive for English language readers thanks to Bernd Reiter and Alejandro Reyes's brilliant translation. Gorender argued that slave-holding societies produced an economic system sui generis, not fitting into any of the established societal categories offered by Karl Marx and Max Weber. As such, Gorender proposed a theory of colonial slavery as the structuring force of slave-holding societies. For him, slave-holding societies are different from other societies in that slavery structured them differently. This is of the utmost relevance to this day as it allows for a new and different way to explain contemporary racial inequalities in post-slavery societies. An accomplished interpreter of Brazilian social formation, Gorender was motivated by the need to understand the historical roots of class domination and the emergence of Brazilian capitalist society. His presentation of rich historical data, rigorous theoretical and analytical framework, and militant action as an active member of the Brazilian Communist Party are the hallmarks of his writing. Colonial Slavery: An Abridged Translation is a must-read for researchers, teachers, and students of history, sociology, economics, politics, as well as activists of the Black movement and other movements committed to anti-racism., Jacob Gorender's (1922-2013) 1978 book, Colonial Slavery (O Escravismo Colonial), comes alive for English-language readers thanks to Bernd Reiter and Alejandro Reyes' brilliant translation.

LC Classification NumberHT1126.G56 2022