The Atlantic slave trade : a census / / Philip D. Curtin

• Autore: Curtin Philip D
• Pubblicazione: Madison : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1969
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 338 pages) : maps
• Disciplina: 382/.44/09
• Soggetto topico: Slave trade - History; Slave trade - Africa - History; Slave trade - America - History; Slave trade - France - History; Slave trade - Great Britain - History; Slave trade - West Indies, British - History; Slavery - History
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1. The Slave Trade and the Numbers Game: A Review of the Literature -- 2. Distribution in Space: The Hispanic Trade -- 3. Distribution in Space: The Colonies of the North Europeans -- 4. Distribution through Time: The Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries -- 5. The English Slave Trade of the Eighteenth Century -- 6. The French Slave Trade of the Eighteenth Century -- 7. Main Currents of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade -- 8. The Slave Trade of the Nineteenth Century -- 9. Major Trends -- 10. A Postscript on Mortality -- Appendix: Koelle's Linguistic Inventory -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Curtin combines modern research and statistical methods with his broad knowledge of the field to present the first book-length quantitative analysis of the Atlantic slave trade. Its basic evidence suggests revision of currently held opinions concerning the place of the slave trade in the economies of the Old World nations and the American colonies.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Atlantic slave trade
• ISBN: 0-299-05403-9; 1-282-62278-1; 9786612622786
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823012203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ACLS Humanities E-Book.