Current Trends in Slavery Studies in Brazil

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-11-102610-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 339 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 704 g

Reihe: ISSN

African slaves were brought into Brazil as early as 1530, with abolition in 1888. During those three centuries, Brazil received 4,000,000 Africans, over four times as many as any other American destination. Comparatively speaking, Brazil received 40% of the total number of Africans brought to the Americas, while the US received approximately 10%. Due to this huge influx of Africans, today Brazil’s African-descended population is larger than the population of most African countries. Therefore, it is no surprise that Slavery Studies are one of the most consolidated fields in Brazilian historiography. In the last decades, a number of discussions have flourished on issues such as slave agency, slavery and law, slavery and capitalism, slave families, demography of slavery, transatlantic slave trade, abolition etc. In addition to these more consolidated fields, current research has focused on illegal enslavement, global perspectives on slavery and the slave trade, slavery and gender, the engagement of different social groups in the abolitionist movement or Atlantic connections. Taking into consideration these new trends of Brazilian slavery studies, this volume of collected articles gives leading scholars the chance to present their research to a broader academic community. Thus, the interested reader get to know in more detail these current trends in Brazilian historiography on slavery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conermann, Stephan

Dias Paes, Mariana

Hofmeister Pich, Roberto

Cruz Terra, Paulo

Paes, Mariana Armond Dias

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

S. Conermann
, U.Bonn;
M. Armond Dias Paes
, MPI Europ. Legal Hist.;
R. Hofmeister-Pich
, U.Rio Grande do Sul;
P. Cruz Terra
, U.Fluminense

S. Conermann, U.Bonn; M. Armond Dias Paes, MPI Europ. Legal Hist.; R. Hofmeister-Pich, U.Rio Grande do Sul; P. Cruz Terra, U.Fluminense