A plantation economy is an economy which is based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations. Plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income. Prominent plantation crops have included cotton, rubber, sugar cane, tobacco, figs, rice, kapok, sisal and indigo. Regions with plantation economies have usually been in the southern United States, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa.

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  • A plantation economy is an economy which is based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations. Plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income. Prominent plantation crops have included cotton, rubber, sugar cane, tobacco, figs, rice, kapok, sisal and indigo. Regions with plantation economies have usually been in the southern United States, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. Fordlândia is a 20th century example of a plantation economy. Plantation economies are also historically associated with slavery, particularly in the United States. Plantation economies usually benefit the large countries to which they are exporting, which usually manufacture the raw materials grown on the plantations into goods which are then traded back to the plantation economy. Throughout most of history, the countries receiving the crops have usually been in Western Europe.
  • On peut parler ici des cultures intensives du XVIIIe siècle, telles que celles de la canne à sucre, du coton du caoutchouc et du café, organisées en plantations. Les sociétés coloniales étaient axées autour de ces productions, avec leur hiérarchie, leur modes de fonctionnement et d'organisation sociale. Ici se sont confrontés maîtres européens, esclaves, émancipés d'origine africaine et coolies ou engagés, principalement de Chine et d'Inde. De nombreux textes littéraires, notamment de William Faulkner, de Raphaël Confiant, de Patrick Chamoiseau, de Khal Torabully, d'Edouard Glissant et de David Dabydeen prennent pour cadre ces plantations qui induisent un comportement particulier face à l'exil, l'enracinement, l'exploitation et la diversité culturelle. On parle de plantocratie pour définir le type d'organisation sociale induite dans les plantations à l'époque des Empires coloniaux.
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  • October 2007
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  • A plantation economy is an economy which is based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few staple products grown on large farms called plantations. Plantation economies rely on the export of cash crops as a source of income. Prominent plantation crops have included cotton, rubber, sugar cane, tobacco, figs, rice, kapok, sisal and indigo. Regions with plantation economies have usually been in the southern United States, South America, the Caribbean, and Africa.
  • On peut parler ici des cultures intensives du XVIIIe siècle, telles que celles de la canne à sucre, du coton du caoutchouc et du café, organisées en plantations. Les sociétés coloniales étaient axées autour de ces productions, avec leur hiérarchie, leur modes de fonctionnement et d'organisation sociale. Ici se sont confrontés maîtres européens, esclaves, émancipés d'origine africaine et coolies ou engagés, principalement de Chine et d'Inde.
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  • Plantation economy
  • Économie de plantation
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