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Autore: |
Genovese Eugene D. <1930-2012, >
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Titolo: |
The political economy of slavery : studies in the economy and society of the slave South / / Eugene D. Genovese
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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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