1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451248403321

Autore

Drescher Seymour

Titolo

The mighty experiment [[electronic resource] ] : free labor versus slavery in British emancipation / / Seymour Drescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-029196-6

1-280-52775-7

0-19-802536-X

0-19-518017-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

306.3620941

326/.0942

331.11720941

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

After creating a complex system of slavery, in the late 18th century the



British Empire became the first to divest itself of slavery. Seymour Drescher explores the history of the debate over slavery and free labor within Britain, and the contributions made by those who were instrumental in the formation of social sciences.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003078639707536

Autore

Seul, Michael

Titolo

Practical algorithms for image analysis : description, examples, and code / Michael Seul, Lawrence O'Gorman, Michael J. Sammon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

ISBN

0521660653

Descrizione fisica

v, 295 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'Gorman, Lawrenceauthor

Sammon, Michael J.

Disciplina

52.9.58

621.36'7

TA1637

Soggetti

Algorithms

Image analysis-Data processing

Image processing-Digital techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The accompanying CDROM contains C programs that implement all the algorithms discussed in the book, plus the LIBTIFF, LIBIMG, and LIBIP libraries and some sample images in TIFF format. These will run on a Windows 95/98/NT or Linux platform and require a C or C++ compiler.