Slavery's capitalism : a new history of American economic development /

Slavery's Capitalism explores the role of slavery in the development of the U.S. economy during the first decades of the nineteenth century. It tells the history of slavery as a story of national, even global, economic importance and investigates the role of enslaved Americans in the building o...

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Other Authors: Beckert, Sven, Rockman, Seth
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016
Series:Early American studies
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Summary:Slavery's Capitalism explores the role of slavery in the development of the U.S. economy during the first decades of the nineteenth century. It tells the history of slavery as a story of national, even global, economic importance and investigates the role of enslaved Americans in the building of the modern world
Physical Description:viii, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-384) and index
ISBN:9780812248418
0812248414
9780812224177
0812224175