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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... females . The computation of the return on male slaves was the simpler case . They first derived the average capital ... female in the field , but of such additional matters as the productivity of her offspring between their birth and ...
... females . The computation of the return on male slaves was the simpler case . They first derived the average capital ... female in the field , but of such additional matters as the productivity of her offspring between their birth and ...
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... females , which are shown in figure 19. For most of the years of their lives , female earnings were below those of males by 20 to 40 percent . Interestingly , prior to age eighteen , female earnings exceeded those of males . This ...
... females , which are shown in figure 19. For most of the years of their lives , female earnings were below those of males by 20 to 40 percent . Interestingly , prior to age eighteen , female earnings exceeded those of males . This ...
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... Female Price between the Value of the Childbearing Capacity and the Value of the Field Productive Capacity , New South $ 900 Market Price The vertical distance between the solid and broken curves represents that part of the market price ...
... Female Price between the Value of the Childbearing Capacity and the Value of the Field Productive Capacity , New South $ 900 Market Price The vertical distance between the solid and broken curves represents that part of the market price ...
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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 |
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