Capitalism and Antislavery - British Mobilization in Comparative Perspective

Zusatztext "An effective analysis of the combined power of moral indignation, religious commitment, and politics in subduing powerful economic interests...[provides] a wealth of fascinating, sometimes grim detail...related with aplomb and an enviable command of the relevant sources."--Journal of Economic History Klappentext The age of British abolitionism came into consolidated strength in 1787-88 with the first mass campaign against the slave trade and ended just half a century later in 1838 with a mass petition movement against Negro Apprenticeship. Drescher focuses on this critical fifty-year period! when thepeople of the Empire effectively pressured and eventually altered national policy. Presenting a major reassessment of the roots! nature! and significance of Britain's successful struggle against slavery! he illuminates a novel turn in the history of antislavery! when for the first time! the mosteffective agents in the abolition process were non-slave masses! including working men and women. This not only set Britain off from ancient Rome! medieval western Europe! and early modern Russia! but! in scale and duration! it distinguished Britain from its 19th-century continental Europeancounterparts as well. Viewing British abolitionism against the backdrop of larger national and international events! this provocative study challenges readers to look anew at the politics of slavery and social change in a prominent era of British history. Zusammenfassung A reassessment of the nature and significance of Britain's struggle against slavery, this text illuminates a novel turn in the history of antislavery. For the first time, the most effective agents in the abolition process were non-slave masses. This set Britain off from most ealier periods and from its 19th-century European counterparts.

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• Authors: Seymour Drescher, Seymour (Professor of History Drescher
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.1987
• EAN: 9780195205343
• ISBN: 978-0-19-520534-3
• No. of pages: 315
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, HISTORY / Africa / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Economic theory & philosophy, British & Irish history, African History, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), English Civil War, Economic theory and philosophy, Civil wars, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars