CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 São Paulo to 1800 11
6. Chapter 2 The Rise of Commercial Sugar Production 28
7. Chapter 3 The Growth of Coffee in the Nineteenth Century 53
8. Chapter 4 Subsistence and the Local Economy 79
9. Chapter 5 The Slave Owners 107
10. Chapter 6 The Slave Population 133
11. Chapter 7 The Free Colored in São Paulo 158
12. Chapter 8 The Non-Agricultural Sector: Artisans, Merchants, and the Liberal Professions 180
13. Conclusion 203
14. Appendix 209
15. NOTES 217
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
17. INDEX 265