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oapen-20.500.12657-317532021-11-08T09:22:33Z New Countries Tutino, John History Brazil Mexico Slavery Spain United States bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJK History of the Americas Between 1750 and 1870 the world faced transformations marked by the rise of industrial capitalism, the fall of European empires in the Americas, and the rise of nations there. 'New Countries' explores how these events transformed the Americas in diverging ways. Up to 1790, Saint Domingue’s sugar and slave economy drove Atlantic trades; then revolutionary slaves made Haiti, freeing themselves and ending export production. New Spain’s silver fueled global trades until Bajío insurgents collapsed silver capitalism and undermined Spanish rule after 1810. The fall of silver left regions from Mexico through Guatemala and the Andes in search of new polities and economies. After 1870 the United States became an agro-industrial hegemon, most American nations turned to commodity exports, and Haitians and diverse indigenous peoples struggled to keep independent lives beyond the reach of industrial powers seeking supplies and markets. 2017-03-09 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:31 2020-04-01T13:48:16Z 2020-04-01T13:48:16Z 2016-12-09 book 625281 OCN: 944304956 9780822374305 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31753 eng application/pdf n/a 625281.pdf Duke University Press 10.1215/9780822374305 100277 10.1215/9780822374305 f0d6aaef-4159-4e01-b1ea-a7145b2ab14b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780822374305 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Durham NC 100277 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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Between 1750 and 1870 the world faced transformations marked by the rise of industrial capitalism, the fall of European empires in the Americas, and the rise of nations there. 'New Countries' explores how these events transformed the Americas in diverging ways. Up to 1790, Saint Domingue’s sugar and slave economy drove Atlantic trades; then revolutionary slaves made Haiti, freeing themselves and ending export production. New Spain’s silver fueled global trades until Bajío insurgents collapsed silver capitalism and undermined Spanish rule after 1810. The fall of silver left regions from Mexico through Guatemala and the Andes in search of new polities and economies. After 1870 the United States became an agro-industrial hegemon, most American nations turned to commodity exports, and Haitians and diverse indigenous peoples struggled to keep independent lives beyond the reach of industrial powers seeking supplies and markets.
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