Creolization and contraband : Curacao in the early modern Atlantic world / by Linda M. Rupert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rupert, Linda Marguerite.

Series:

Early American places.

Early American places

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creoles--Curacao--History.

Creoles.

Intercultural communication--Curacao--History.

Intercultural communication.

Papiamentu language--Curacao--History.

Papiamentu language.

Sephardim--Curacao--History.

Sephardim.

Enslaved persons--Curacao--History.

Enslaved persons.

Smuggling--Curacao--History.

Smuggling.

Curaçao--Commerce--History.

Curaçao.

Curaçao--History--17th century.

Curaçao--History--18th century.

Curaçao--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rupert uses the history of Curaçao to develop the first book-length analysis of the relationship between illicit interimperial trade and processes of social, cultural, and linguistic exchange in the early modern world. She argues that smuggling opened particularly rich opportunities for cross-cultural and interethnic interaction.

Contents:

Part 1. Emergence of an Entrepôt

Converging Currents

Atlantic Diasporas

"Cruising to the Most Advantageous Places"

Part 2. Socio-Cultural Interactions in a Maritime Trade Economy

A Caribbean Port City

Curaçao and Tierra Firme

Language and Creolization

Conclusions.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613662729

9781280685781

1280685786

9780820343686

0820343684

OCLC:

795128531