The political economy of slavery : studies in the economy and society of the slave South / / Eugene D. Genovese

• Autore: Genovese Eugene D. <1930-2012, >
• Pubblicazione: Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , [1988]; ©1988
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 pages)
• Disciplina: 306/.362/0975
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - Economic aspects - United States; Slavery - Economic aspects - Southern States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. 321-324.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Political Economy of Slavery: Studies in the Economy and Society of the Slave South; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE THE SETTING; 1 The Slave South: An Interpretation; PART TWO VIRGIN LAND AND SERVILE LABOR; 2 The Low Productivity of Southern Slave Labor: Causes and Effects; 3 The Negro Laborer in Africa and the Slave South; 4 Cotton, Slavery, and Soil Exhaustion; 5 Livestock in the Slave Economy; 6 The Limits of Agricultural Reform; PART THREE THE SUBSERVIENCE OF TOWN TO COUNTRY ; 7 The Significance of the Slave Plantation for Southern Economic Development8 The Industrialists Under the Slave Regime; 9 Slave Labor or Free in the Southern Factories: A Political Analysis of an Economic Debate; PART F0UR THE GENERAL CRISIS OF THE SLAVE SOUTH; 10 The Origins of Slavery Expansionism; A Note on the Place of Economics in the Political Economy of Slavery; Epilogue: The Slave Economies in Political Perspective (with Elizabeth Fox-Genovese); Bibliographical Note; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: A stimulating analysis of the society and economy in the slave south.
• Titolo autorizzato: The political economy of slavery
• ISBN: 0-8195-7527-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786528303321
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