Mark M. Smith, Economic History Society

Debating Slavery

Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South
Herausgeber: Kirby, Maurice

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First New Studies in Economic and Social History book on a US theme. Good concise introduction to a 'hot' topic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9780521576963
• ISBN-10: 0521576962
• Artikelnr.: 21987950

Inhaltsangabe

Author's preface
1. The contours of the debate
2. Slaveholders and plantations
3. Yeoman and non-slave-owners
4. Slaves
5. The profitability of slavery as a business
6. The profitability of slavery as a system
7. New directions, toward consensus
Bibliography.