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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... capita income is a better index of the ability of an economy to satisfy economic welfare . For example , the real national income of the United States rose during the Great Depression of the 1930s even though per capita income declined ...
... capita income is a better index of the ability of an economy to satisfy economic welfare . For example , the real national income of the United States rose during the Great Depression of the 1930s even though per capita income declined ...
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... income accounts for the nineteenth century , like the estimation of regional efficiency indexes , is an arduous task ... capita income in the North was higher than in the South . In 1840 the South had an average income which was only 69 ...
... income accounts for the nineteenth century , like the estimation of regional efficiency indexes , is an arduous task ... capita income in the North was higher than in the South . In 1840 the South had an average income which was only 69 ...
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... income of the Northeast . Per capita income in the north central states was not only less than half as high as in the Northeast ; it was 14 percent lower than per capita income in the South . If the South was a poverty - ridden ...
... income of the Northeast . Per capita income in the north central states was not only less than half as high as in the Northeast ; it was 14 percent lower than per capita income in the South . If the South was a poverty - ridden ...
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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 |
Time On The Cross: The Economics Of American Negro Slavery Robert William Fogel,Stanley L Engerman No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1995 |
Términos y frases comunes
accepted achieved actually advantage agriculture American antebellum appears average blacks Cairnes capacity capita century cities clothing colonies compared complete cost cotton course critics crop decade decline demand differences Distribution earnings economic effect efficiency evidence existence expected fact farms female fertility field Figure findings force frequently gang given greater growth half hands Helper human important income increase indicate industry issue land least less limited lived male masters mean natural Negro North northern Old South Olmsted operation overseers owners percent period persons Phillips plantations planters position present production profit question regions relative reported shows slave labor slave population slave trade slaveholders slaveowners slavery society soil South southern sugar tasks tion United urban usually various women workers World