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Autore |
Drescher Seymour |
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Titolo |
The mighty experiment [[electronic resource] ] : free labor versus slavery in British emancipation / / Seymour Drescher |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-029196-6 |
1-280-52775-7 |
0-19-802536-X |
0-19-518017-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (318 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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306.3620941 |
326/.0942 |
331.11720941 |
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Soggetti |
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Antislavery movements - Great Britain |
Slavery - Economic aspects - Great Britain |
Slaves - Emancipation - Economic aspects - Great Britain |
Social sciences and history - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Politics and government 18th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1. Modern Slavery and Modern Freedom; 2. The Free Labor Ideology: Adam Smith; 3. From Production to Reproduction: The Population Principle; 4. Adam Smith's Epigone and the Retreat from the Free Labor Ideology; 5. Heredity, Environment, and Change; 6. Sierra Leone and Haiti: Emancipation as an Experimental Science; 7. Experimental Alternatives to Slavery, 1791-1833; 8. The Mighty Experiment; 9. Expanding the Experiment; 10. The Experiment Eroded; 11. The Experiment in Crisis: Sugar, Slaves, and Cotton; 12. An Experiment Abandoned; 13. Some Lessons; Notes |
Selected BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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After creating a complex system of slavery, in the late 18th century the |
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