The Slave Power - Its Character, Career, and Probable Designs: Being an Attempt to Explain the Real Issues Involved in the American Cont

John E. Cairnes's seminal work on slavery was widely acclaimed upon its publication in 1862 as a brilliant attempt both to explain the essential cause of the American Civil War and to shape European policy concerning the struggle.

About the author

Mark M. Smith received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he is now a professor of history. The author of Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South; Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South; and Listening to Nineteenth-Century America, Smith is also the editor of The Old South. He has published articles in a number of journals including the American Historical Review, Past and Present, the Journal of Southern History, the William and Mary Quarterly, and the Journal of the Historical Society. Smith lives in Columbia.

Summary

John E. Cairnes's seminal work on slavery was widely acclaimed upon its publication in 1862 as a brilliant attempt both to explain the essential cause of the American Civil War and to shape European policy concerning the struggle.

Product details

• Authors: John E. Cairnes, John Elliott Cairnes
• Assisted by: Mark M. Smith (Editor), John G. Sproat (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of South Carolina Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2003
• EAN: 9781570035227
• ISBN: 978-1-57003-522-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 712 g
• Series: Southern Classics Series; Southern Classics Series; Southern Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries