Dale Wayne Tomich
Dale Wayne Tomich (born March 25, 1946 in Milwaukee ) is an American sociologist and historian . He is a professor in the history department of Binghamton University , State University of New York. His research areas include the history of Latin America and the Caribbean , political economy, and social movements. He works with micro-historical approaches .
Work and reception
In his 1990 book Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy, 1830-1848 , Tomich argues that the abolition of slavery in 1848 resulted in a rationalization of sugar cane production on the plantations in Martinique . He combines social and work history, an investigation of the means of production and globalization theories in a new analytical framework. He examines interactions between “global” and “local” levels and argues that both levels represent mutual, formative elements of a larger whole. In addition, Tomich is critical of other authors who put political over economic factors in analyzes.
Tomich defined the concept of "second slavery" to designate newly created areas in which de facto slavery was practiced. In his article The Second Slavery and World Capitalism: A Perspective for Historical Inquiry , published in 2016, he deepened this concept:
“The idea of a second slave economy represents a radical reinterpretation of the relationship between slavery and capitalism. It draws attention to the emergence of extensive new areas of slave-based commodity production in the American southern states as well as in Cuba and Brazil, as they were in the 19th century in the context of Industrialization and global economic expansion was recorded. The article examines the conceptual framework and methodological procedures that go hand in hand with this approach, and at the same time presents a reinterpretation of the concept of the capitalist world economy, which emphasizes the mutual character and historical entanglement of global and local conditions. Such an open understanding of the world economy allows the zones of the second slave economy to be determined spatially and temporally. "
Fonts
- Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy, 1830-1848. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1990, ISBN 978-1-4384-5917-2 .
- Through the Prism of Slavery: Labor, Capital and World Economy. Rowman and Littlefield, Boulder 2004, ISBN 978-0-7425-2938-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Dale Wayne Tomich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Curriculum Vitate by Dale Wayne Tomich (PDF)
- Dale Wayne Tomich and his research project at the Laboratório de Antropologia e História of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stiles: Review of Slavery in the Circuit of Sugar: Martinique and the World Economy . In: The Journal of Economic History . tape 51 , no. 4 , 1991, pp. 984-985 , JSTOR : 2123418 .
- ↑ Summary The Second Slavery and World Capitalism: A Perspective for Historical Inquiry , translated by Max Henniger.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tomich, Dale Wayne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist, historian, and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milwaukee |