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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... price of their bondsmen . Rates of return were approximately the same for investments in males and females . They were also approximately the same across geographic regions ... slaves at prevailing prices . However 70 / PROFITS AND PROSPECTS.
... price of their bondsmen . Rates of return were approximately the same for investments in males and females . They were also approximately the same across geographic regions ... slaves at prevailing prices . However 70 / PROFITS AND PROSPECTS.
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... slaves . On balance , the factors that increased the demand for slaves in the cities proved to be substantially ... price , but in substantially different ways . In the rural areas there were no close substitutes for slave labor . In the ...
... slaves . On balance , the factors that increased the demand for slaves in the cities proved to be substantially ... price , but in substantially different ways . In the rural areas there were no close substitutes for slave labor . In the ...
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... price of slaves to their average annual hire rate . The annual hire rate reflected the market's appraisal of the productive value of slaves over the ensuing year . The purchase price reflected the market's appraisal of the productive ...
... price of slaves to their average annual hire rate . The annual hire rate reflected the market's appraisal of the productive value of slaves over the ensuing year . The purchase price reflected the market's appraisal of the productive ...
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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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