Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery, Volumen 1University Press of America, 1984 - 286 páginas This book, originally published in 1974 by Little, Brown and Company, is a sweeping reexamination of the economic foundations of American Negro slavery. Based upon a vast research effort, this volume constitutes an entirely new portrayal of slavery's past. It challenges traditional assumptions about the material condition and management of slaves, their work habits, domestic welfare, and the economy of the antebellum South in general |
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... Helper and Olmsted advanced need to be considered in some detail . Hinton Rowan Helper : The Macro Evidence Helper was the son of a poor white farmer from the Yadkin Valley of western North Carolina . He had been a store clerk , an ...
... Helper and Olmsted advanced need to be considered in some detail . Hinton Rowan Helper : The Macro Evidence Helper was the son of a poor white farmer from the Yadkin Valley of western North Carolina . He had been a store clerk , an ...
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... Helper put the average value of an acre of northern land in 1850 at $ 28.07 , while the average value of a southern acre was $ 5.34 . What explained the difference of $ 22.73 ... Helper also added H. R. HELPER : THE MACRO EVIDENCE / 163.
... Helper put the average value of an acre of northern land in 1850 at $ 28.07 , while the average value of a southern acre was $ 5.34 . What explained the difference of $ 22.73 ... Helper also added H. R. HELPER : THE MACRO EVIDENCE / 163.
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... Helper's book . Were the indicators which Helper chose as the basis for his comparison reasonably good proxies or substitutes for state and regional income measures ? Of the various indicators used by Helper , those that were ...
... Helper's book . Were the indicators which Helper chose as the basis for his comparison reasonably good proxies or substitutes for state and regional income measures ? Of the various indicators used by Helper , those that were ...
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Prologue Slavery and the Cliometric Revolution | 3 |
One The International Context of U S Slavery | 13 |
Four The Anatomy of Exploitation | 107 |
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Time On The Cross: The Economics Of American Negro Slavery, Volumen 1 Robert William Fogel,Stanley L Engerman Vista previa restringida - 1995 |
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