Without consent or contract : the rise and fall of American slavery / Robert William Fogel.
1989
E441 .F63 1989 (Mapit)
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Title
Without consent or contract : the rise and fall of American slavery / Robert William Fogel.
Author
Fogel, Robert William.
Alternate Title
Rise and fall of American slavery.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0393018873
9780393018875
0393307530
9780393307535
0393312194 (pbk.)
9780393312195 (pbk.)
9780393018875
0393307530
9780393307535
0393312194 (pbk.)
9780393312195 (pbk.)
Publication Details
New York : Norton, ©1989.
Language
English
Description
539 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number
E441 .F63 1989
Alternate Call Number
15.85
326.973
326.973
Dewey Decimal Classification
306/.362/0973
Summary
The author examines the lives of slaves in the Americas, the world surrounding them, and the economic consequences of a system of subjugation.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-523) and index.
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Table of Contents
Discoveries and dilemmas
Slavery as an economic and social system. Slavery in the new world ; Occupational patterns ; Unraveling some economic riddles ; The development of the Southern economy ; The population question ; Changing interpretations of slave culture
The ideological and political campaign against slavery. The British campaign ; The American campaign : from the revolution to the abolitionist crusade ; The American campaign : breaching the barriers of antislavery politics ; The American campaign : forging a victorious antislavery coalition
The moral problem of slavery.
Slavery as an economic and social system. Slavery in the new world ; Occupational patterns ; Unraveling some economic riddles ; The development of the Southern economy ; The population question ; Changing interpretations of slave culture
The ideological and political campaign against slavery. The British campaign ; The American campaign : from the revolution to the abolitionist crusade ; The American campaign : breaching the barriers of antislavery politics ; The American campaign : forging a victorious antislavery coalition
The moral problem of slavery.