O capital escravista-mercantil: caracterização teórica e causas históricas de sua superação

Abstract

de capital escravista-mercantil. Trata-se de uma forma específica de existência do capital, diversa do capital comercial, usurário e industrial, cuja fórmula e propriedades principais encontram-se aqui expostas. Busca-se, ademais, aquilatar as principais conseqüências, do ponto de vista teórico e empírico, da existência desta forma particular de capital para a economia e sociedade brasileiras, estabelecendose um debate com a historiografia pertinente.ABSTRACT -THE CONCEPT of slave-mercantile capital is proposed in this article as a way to understand in greater depth the Brazilian economic formation during the colonial and imperial periods. It consists of a specific form of existence of capital, different from commercial, industrial and usury capital, whose formula and main properties are presented here. Moreover, in this paper is tried to appraise the major consequences of the existence of this particular form of capital for Brazilian economy and society, from theoretical and empirical points of view, establishing a debate with the relevant historical literature.

Slave-Mercantile Capital and Slavery in The Americas

“…Although original in its current format, this article is based on our previously published work (Pires & Costa 2000;Pires & Costa 201 0). However, this article provides a synthesis, in English, that challenges the shortcomings prevalent in the existing scholarship.…”