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Compiled from the latest research of leading historians and economic historians of slavery, these essays cover various aspects of slavery and its role in the development of the southern United States, Brazil, Cuba, the French and Dutch Caribbean, and elsewhere in the Americas. Some essays explore the emergence of the slave system, while others provide important insights about the operation of specific slave economies. Reviews of slave markets and prices, and discussions of the efficiency and distributional aspects of slavery, are also included.
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Slavery in the Development of the Americas brings together new work from leading historians and economic historians of slavery. The essays cover various aspects of slavery and the role of slavery in the development of the southern United States, Brazil, Cuba, the French and Dutch Caribbean, and elsewhere in the Americas. Some essays explore the emergence of the slave system, and others provide important insights about the operation of specific slave economies. There are reviews of slave markets and prices, and discussions of the efficiency and distributional aspects of slavery. The volume contains the latest work of scholars, many of whom have been pioneers in the study of slavery in the Americas.
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"...provide[s] important insights..." Black Issues in Higher Education
"...the extended editorial introduction is itself a substantive contribution to the slavery debates. In summarizing the essays and setting the historiographical context, the editors advance a number of provoctive assertions..." EH.NET, Gavin Wright, Stanford University
"The volume is particularly strong in its comparative essays." - Robert J. Cottrol, George Washington University
"...the extended editorial introduction is itself a substantive contribution to the slavery debates. In summarizing the essays and setting the historiographical context, the editors advance a number of provoctive assertions..." EH.NET, Gavin Wright, Stanford University
"The volume is particularly strong in its comparative essays." - Robert J. Cottrol, George Washington University
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0521172675
- ISBN 13 9780521172677
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
- EditorEltis David
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