ISBN:
0195093461
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9780195093469
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 307 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Mighty Experiment : Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation
DDC:
306.3620941
Keywords:
Antislavery movements
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Slaves Emancipation
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Economic aspects
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Slavery Economic aspects
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Social sciences and history
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Antislavery movements ; Great Britain
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Great Britain ; Politics and government ; 18th century
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Slavery ; Economic aspects ; Great Britain
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Slaves ; Emancipation ; Economic aspects ; Great Britain
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Social sciences and history ; Great Britain
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Electronic books
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Great Britain Politics and government 18th century
Abstract:
After creating a complex system of slavery, in the late 18th century the British Empire became the first to divest itself of slavery. Seymour Drescher explores the history of the debate over slavery and free labor within Britain, and the contributions made by those who were instrumental in the formation of social sciences
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Introduction; 1. Modern Slavery and Modern Freedom; 2. The Free Labor Ideology: Adam Smith; 3. From Production to Reproduction: The Population Principle; 4. Adam Smith's Epigone and the Retreat from the Free Labor Ideology; 5. Heredity, Environment, and Change; 6. Sierra Leone and Haiti: Emancipation as an Experimental Science; 7. Experimental Alternatives to Slavery, 1791-1833; 8. The Mighty Experiment; 9. Expanding the Experiment; 10. The Experiment Eroded; 11. The Experiment in Crisis: Sugar, Slaves, and Cotton; 12. An Experiment Abandoned; 13. Some Lessons; Notes
Description / Table of Contents:
Selected BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-298) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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