Capitalism and Slavery / Edition 1

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Overview

Eric Williams's Capitalism & Slavery became the foundation for many future studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams's study of the role of slavery in financing the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION REFUTED TRADITIONAL IDEAS OF ECONOMIC AND MORAL PROGRESS AND FIRMLY ESTABLISHED THE CENTRALITY OF THE African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780807844885
  • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, The
  • Publication date: 10/14/1994
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 307
  • Sales rank: 202,763
  • Product dimensions: 5.57 (w) x 8.52 (h) x 0.72 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1 The Origin of Negro Slavery 3
2 The Development of the Negro Slave Trade 30
3 British Commerce and the Triangular Trade 51
4 The West India Interest 85
5 British Industry and the Triangular Trade 98
6 The American Revolution 108
7 The Development of British Capitalism, 1783-1833 126
8 The New Industrial Order 135
9 British Capitalism and the West Indies 154
10 "The Commercial Part of the Nation" and Slavery 169
11 The "Saints" and Slavery 178
12 The Slaves and Slavery 197
13 Conclusion 209
Notes 213
Bibliography 262
Index 271
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