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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... workers in diligence and efficiency . Far from declining , the demand for slaves was actually increasing more ... workers . This is not to say that they were good by modern standards . It merely emphasizes the hard lot of all workers ...
... workers in diligence and efficiency . Far from declining , the demand for slaves was actually increasing more ... workers . This is not to say that they were good by modern standards . It merely emphasizes the hard lot of all workers ...
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... workers in the antebellum era . It must be remembered that much of rural America still lived in log cabins in the 1850s . And urban workers lived in crowded , filthy tenements . One should not be misled by the relatively spacious ...
... workers in the antebellum era . It must be remembered that much of rural America still lived in log cabins in the 1850s . And urban workers lived in crowded , filthy tenements . One should not be misled by the relatively spacious ...
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... workers . It has been estimated that about 30 percent of the income of workers at the poverty level is taken from them through sales , real estate , and income taxes . On the other hand , such workers , on average , receive payments and ...
... workers . It has been estimated that about 30 percent of the income of workers at the poverty level is taken from them through sales , real estate , and income taxes . On the other hand , such workers , on average , receive payments and ...
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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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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