Economic Consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Informationen zum Autor By Barbara L. Solow - Foreword by Dale Tomich Klappentext The Economic Consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade places the sugar/slave/plantation complex of the British West Indies at the center of the Atlantic trading system, uniting the economies of western Europe, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean, and leading to the Industrial Revolution in England. It will interest teachers and scholars of Atlantic history, Africa, the British Empire, New England, the Industrial Revolution, abolition, and emancipation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Capitalism and Slavery in the Exceedingly Long RunChapter 2: Slavery and ColonizationChapter 3: Eric Williams and His CriticsChapter 4: Why Columbus Failed: The New World without SlaveryChapter 5: Caribbean Slavery and British Growth: The Eric Williams HypothesisChapter 6: Marx, Slavery, and American Economic GrowthChapter 7: The Transition to Plantation Slavery: The Case of the British West Indies

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• Authors: Barbara L. Solow, Solow Barbara L.
• Assisted by: Dale Tomich (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2016
• EAN: 9780739194003
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9400-3
• No. of pages: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, HISTORY / Latin America / Central America, Caribbean islands, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Central America, Mexico and Central America, Latin American Studies;Slave Trade