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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823012203321

Autore

Curtin Philip D

Titolo

The Atlantic slave trade : a census / / by Philip D. Curtin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 1969

ISBN

0-299-05403-9

1-282-62278-1

9786612622786

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 338 pages) : maps

Disciplina

382/.44/09

Soggetti

Slave trade - History

Slavery - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. The Slave Trade and the Numbers Game: A Review of the Literature -- 2. Distribution in Space: The Hispanic Trade -- 3. Distribution in Space: The Colonies of the North Europeans -- 4. Distribution through Time: The Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries -- 5. The English Slave Trade of the Eighteenth Century -- 6. The French Slave Trade of the Eighteenth Century -- 7. Main Currents of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade -- 8. The Slave Trade of the Nineteenth Century -- 9. Major Trends -- 10. A Postscript on Mortality -- Appendix: Koelle's Linguistic Inventory -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Curtin combines modern research and statistical methods with his broad knowledge of the field to present the first book-length quantitative analysis of the Atlantic slave trade. Its basic evidence suggests revision of currently held opinions concerning the place of the slave trade in the economies of the Old World nations and the American colonies.