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Stuart Schwartz is an American historian of colonial Latin America, with particular attention to Brazil, the Atlantic world, slavery, and the relationship between political institutions and economic life. His 1985 book Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society examines how plantation production and coerced labor shaped colonial Brazil. The book received the Bolton-Johnson Prize and is used by scholars of Brazilian and Atlantic history.
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What is Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society about?
Stuart Schwartz's book studies plantation society in Bahia, Brazil, from 1550 to 1835. It connects sugar production with slavery, social hierarchy, colonial institutions, and the development of Brazilian society.
When was Sugar Plantations in the Formation of Brazilian Society published?
The book was published in 1985. It is one of Schwartz's major works on colonial Brazil and the Atlantic world.
Where did Stuart Schwartz teach?
Stuart Schwartz was associated with Yale University and is a historian of the Iberian world and colonial Latin America. His research includes Brazil, slavery, social history, and the relationship between political institutions and economic life.
Why is Bahia important in Stuart Schwartz's work?
Bahia was a major center of Portuguese colonial Brazil's sugar economy and plantation society. Schwartz uses Bahia's records to examine how sugar, slavery, religion, and colonial administration shaped everyday life.
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