The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery
Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerf...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Rowman & Littlefield
2014.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
World social change. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37315444*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface / Dale Tomich
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- From the dissertation to capitalism and slavery : did Williams' abolition thesis change? / William Darity, Jr.
- The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery
- Thesis submitted to the board of the faculty of modern history of the university of Oxford for the degree of doctor of philosophy
- Eric williams.
