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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... conspicuous consumption . If conspicuous consumption had increased the market price of slaves over the level indicated by business considerations alone , the expected rate of return from an investment in slaves would have been below ...
... conspicuous consumption . If conspicuous consumption had increased the market price of slaves over the level indicated by business considerations alone , the expected rate of return from an investment in slaves would have been below ...
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... conspicuous consumption was quite small relative to the total demand for slaves . It should be remembered that the proponents of the thesis that slaves were held widely for reasons of conspicuous consumption never provided conclusive ...
... conspicuous consumption was quite small relative to the total demand for slaves . It should be remembered that the proponents of the thesis that slaves were held widely for reasons of conspicuous consumption never provided conclusive ...
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... consumption expenditures by the rich necessarily imply low savings . In the fairly typical year of 1925 , the per ... conspicuous consumption did exist was probably carried on mainly by planters who were wealthy by the standards of the ...
... consumption expenditures by the rich necessarily imply low savings . In the fairly typical year of 1925 , the per ... conspicuous consumption did exist was probably carried on mainly by planters who were wealthy by the standards of the ...
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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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