"This study of the transfer of slave plantations from the eastern Mediterranean to the tropical New World
demonstrates [Curtin's] insight into transregional patterns. The detail in his wide-ranging account is impressive,
and it provides the reader with an informative overview."
-- David A. Chappell, Journal of World History
Submitted by Publisher, March, 2001
Summary
Over a period of several centuries, Europeans developed an intricate system of plantation agriculture overseas
which was quite different from the agricultural system used at home. Though the plantation complex centered on
the American tropics, its influence was much wider. Much more than an economic order for the Americas, the plantation
complex had an important place in world history. These essays concentrate on the intercontinental impact.