Between Empires
Brazilian Sugar in the Early Atlantic Economy, 1550-1630
Biographical note
Christopher Ebert, PhD (2004) in History, Columbia University, is Assistant Professor of history at Brooklyn College, CUNY. He has published on trade between colonial Brazil and the Dutch Republic and continues to research early Atlantic societies and economies.
Readership
All those interested in the early-modern economies of Europe, Latin America and the Atlantic World, as well as the histories of trade, the Dutch Republic, Portugal and Brazil.
Table of contents
List of Maps, Tables and Figures
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Portuguese Trade with Northwestern Europe
3. Sugar, Institutions and Politics
4. Merchants and Merchant Networks
5. The Cost of Shipping
6. Transactions and Risk Management
7. Illegal Trade
8. Supply, Demand, Prices and Profi tability
Conclusion
Appendix A. The Transatlantic System: Ports and Routes in Brazil, Portugal and the Atlantic Islands
Appendix B. Portugal and the Dutch Republic in Baltic Trade
Appendix C. Freight Charges
Bibliography and Sources
Index
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Portuguese Trade with Northwestern Europe
3. Sugar, Institutions and Politics
4. Merchants and Merchant Networks
5. The Cost of Shipping
6. Transactions and Risk Management
7. Illegal Trade
8. Supply, Demand, Prices and Profi tability
Conclusion
Appendix A. The Transatlantic System: Ports and Routes in Brazil, Portugal and the Atlantic Islands
Appendix B. Portugal and the Dutch Republic in Baltic Trade
Appendix C. Freight Charges
Bibliography and Sources
Index
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