The Atlantic slave trade
Economics, not racism, as the root of slavery / Eric Williams -- The simultaneous invention of slavery and racism / Winthrop D. Jordan -- Sugar and slavery from the Old to the New World / David Brion Davis -- From guesses to calculations / Philip D. Curtin -- Curtin's calculations refined but n...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Mass [u.a.]
D.C. Heath
1994
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| In: | Year: 1994 |
| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 19 A 4171 |
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| Summary: | Economics, not racism, as the root of slavery / Eric Williams -- The simultaneous invention of slavery and racism / Winthrop D. Jordan -- Sugar and slavery from the Old to the New World / David Brion Davis -- From guesses to calculations / Philip D. Curtin -- Curtin's calculations refined but not refuted / Paul E. Lovejoy -- A skeptical view of how much can be known / David Henige -- A skeptical view of Curtin's and Lovejoy's calculations / Joseph E. Inikori & Stanley L. Engerman -- An alliance to raid for slaves, 1568 / John Hawkins -- Trading on the slave coast, 1700 / Willem Bosman -- Kidnapped, enslaved, and sold away, c. 1756 / Olaudah Equiano -- A reformed slave trader's regrets, c. 1745-1754 / John Newton -- Kidnapping and retaliation, 1767-1768 / Richard Story -- Views of the king of Asante, 1820 / Osei Bonsu -- Views of a king at Old Calabar, 1850 / Eyo Honesty -- The middle passage / Malcolm Cowley & Daniel P. Mannix -- Profits and the causes of mortality / Herbert S. Klein -- Deaths before the middle passage / Joseph C. Miller -- The unequal partnership between Africans and Europeans / Walter Rodney -- Social and demographic transformations / Patrick Manning -- The economics of African participation in the slave trade / David Eltis -- The British antislavery squadron in 1822 / E. Gregory & Edward Fitzgerald -- Capitalism and abolitionism / Eric Williams -- The idea of progress / Howard Temperley -- Slave revolts and the end of slavery / Michael Craton |
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| Physical Description: | XVII, 221 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 0669331457 |