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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... slave system . As significant as the correction of past errors is the new information brought to light on the conditions of black bondage . Though the investigations are still in progress , enough have been completed so that the main ...
... slave system . As significant as the correction of past errors is the new information brought to light on the conditions of black bondage . Though the investigations are still in progress , enough have been completed so that the main ...
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... system which not only deprived slave women of the right to legal remedy but sanctioned the right of slaveholders to manipulate the private lives of their chattel . But the question here is not the impact of the legal system ; it is the ...
... system which not only deprived slave women of the right to legal remedy but sanctioned the right of slaveholders to manipulate the private lives of their chattel . But the question here is not the impact of the legal system ; it is the ...
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... Slave Power . Since Cairnes never visited the slave states , he was dependent on others for evidence regarding the actual operation of the slave system . He leaned most heavily on the first two of Olmsted's four volumes , quoting or ...
... Slave Power . Since Cairnes never visited the slave states , he was dependent on others for evidence regarding the actual operation of the slave system . He leaned most heavily on the first two of Olmsted's four volumes , quoting or ...
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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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