Econocide [[electronic resource] ] : British slavery in the era of abolition / / Seymour Drescher ; with a new preface by the author ; and a new foreword by David Brion Davis
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Drescher Seymour
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| Titolo: |
Econocide [[electronic resource] ] : British slavery in the era of abolition / / Seymour Drescher ; with a new preface by the author ; and a new foreword by David Brion Davis
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 301.44/93/0941 |
| 301.44930941 | |
| 326.80941 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Antislavery movements - Great Britain |
| Slavery - West Indies, British | |
| Slave trade - Great Britain | |
| Slave trade - West Indies, British | |
| Altri autori: |
DavisDavid Brion
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 The Decline Theory of Abolition; 2 The 1770's as the Pivot of British Slavery; 3 The Protected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution; 4 The Unprotected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution; 5 The Growth of Slavery in the Era of British Supremacy; 6 The New Frontier and Abolition; 7 Economic Conjuncture and Abolition Bills, 1791-1806; 8 The Market Mechanism and Abolition; 9 Abolition and the Decline of British Slavery, 1808-1814; 10 Beyond Economic Interest; List of Abbreviations |
| Appendix I. Chronology Appendix II. Estimating the Sugar, Coffee, and Slave Trades; Appendix III. The Relative Strength of Suggested Motives in the Votes of 1806-1807; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Econocide: British Slavery in the Era of Abolition |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Econocide |
| ISBN: | 1-4696-0432-9 |
| 0-8078-9959-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785333903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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