03282nam 2200733Ia 450 991045124840332120211005065855.00-19-029196-61-280-52775-70-19-802536-X0-19-518017-8(CKB)1000000000442979(EBL)273047(OCoLC)476014030(SSID)ssj0000202807(PQKBManifestationID)11201308(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000202807(PQKBWorkID)10257056(PQKB)10007194(MiAaPQ)EBC273047(Au-PeEL)EBL273047(CaPaEBR)ebr10269160(CaONFJC)MIL52775(OCoLC)252594750(MiAaPQ)EBC2012804(Au-PeEL)EBL2012804(EXLCZ)99100000000044297920020422d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe mighty experiment[electronic resource] free labor versus slavery in British emancipation /Seymour DrescherOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (318 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517629-4 0-19-509346-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index.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; NotesSelected BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YAfter 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.Antislavery movementsGreat BritainSlaveryEconomic aspectsGreat BritainSlavesEmancipationEconomic aspectsGreat BritainSocial sciences and historyGreat BritainGreat BritainPolitics and government18th centuryElectronic books.Antislavery movementsSlaveryEconomic aspectsSlavesEmancipationEconomic aspectsSocial sciences and history306.3620941326/.0942331.11720941Drescher Seymour153733MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451248403321The mighty experiment2453939UNINA