Slavery in the Development of the Americas

Hardback

Main Details

Title Slavery in the Development of the Americas
Authors and Contributors      Edited by David Eltis
Edited by Frank D. Lewis
Edited by Kenneth L. Sokoloff
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreWorld history
Slavery and abolition of slavery
Economic history
ISBN/Barcode 9780521832779
ClassificationsDewey:306.362097
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 29 March 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Slavery in the Development of the Americas brings together new work from leading historians and economic historians of slavery. The essays cover various aspects of slavery and the role of slavery in the development of the southern United States, Brazil, Cuba, the French and Dutch Caribbean, and elsewhere in the Americas. Some essays explore the emergence of the slave system, and others provide important insights about the operation of specific slave economics. There are reviews of slave markets and prices, and discussions of the efficiency and distributional aspects of slavery. New perspectives are brought on the transition from slavery and subsequent adjustments, and the volume contains the latest work of scholars, many of whom have been pioneers in the study of slavery in the Americas.

Reviews

'This extensive review of slavery on the continent of America is one of those rare books that comes under the heading of 'essential reading' on the subject of enslavement in the Americas ... As one might imagine, some papers are difficult to those innocent of the skills of mathematical analysis. Nonetheless, this book is of such importance an effort in that direction pays off handsomely.' Open History