Slavery in the development of the Americas /
Slavery in the development of the Americas /
edited by David Eltis, Frank D. Lewis, Kenneth L. Sokoloff.
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- 1 online resource (ix, 372 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
White Atlantic? The choice for African slave labor in the plantation Americas / The Dutch and the slave Americas / Mercantile strategies, credit networks, and labor supply in the colonial Chesapeake in trans-Atlantic perspective / African slavery in the production of subsistence crops: the case of São Paulo in the nineteenth century / The transition from slavery to freedom through manumission: a life-cycle approach applied to the United States and Guadeloupe / Prices of African slaves newly arrived in the Americas, 1673-1865: new evidence on long-run trends and regional differentials / American slave markets during the 1850s: slave price rises in the United States, Cuba, and Brazil in comparative perspective / The relative efficiency of free and slave agriculture in the antebellum United States: a stochastic production frontier approach / Wealth accumulation in Virginia and in the century before the Civil War / The poor: slaves in early America / The north-south wage gap before and after the civil war / Seymour Drescher -- Pieter C. Emmer -- Lorena S. Walsh -- Francisco Vidal Luna, Herbert S. Klein -- Frank D. Lewis -- Davis Eltis, David Richardson -- Laird W. Bergad -- Elizabeth B. Field-Hendrey, Lee A. Craig -- James R. Irwin -- Philip D. Morgan -- Robert A. Margo.
Slavery in the Development of the Americas brings together new work from leading historians and economic historians of slavery. The essays cover various aspects of the role of slavery in the development of the southern United States, Brazil, Cuba, the French and Dutch Caribbean, and elsewhere in the Americas.
English.
9780511187919 0511187912 9780521832779 0521832772 0511186983 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 9780511186981 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 0511186053 (electronic bk.) 9780511186059 (electronic bk.) 0511185227 (electronic bk.) 9780511185229 (electronic bk.) 9780511512124 (ebook) 0511512120 (ebook) 9786610457984 6610457980 9780521172677 (paperback) 0521172675 1280457988 9781280457982 0511313896 9780511313899
MYILIB_CUp
2003069729
Slavery--History.--America
Slavery--Economic aspects--History.--America
Colonies--History.--America
Esclavage--Histoire.--Amérique
Esclavage--Aspect économique--Histoire.--Amérique
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Colonies.
Slavery.
Slavery--Economic aspects.
Slavernij.
Economische aspecten.
Colonies--Histoire.--Amérique
America.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
HT1048 / .S55 2004eb
306.3/62/097
Includes bibliographical references and index.
White Atlantic? The choice for African slave labor in the plantation Americas / The Dutch and the slave Americas / Mercantile strategies, credit networks, and labor supply in the colonial Chesapeake in trans-Atlantic perspective / African slavery in the production of subsistence crops: the case of São Paulo in the nineteenth century / The transition from slavery to freedom through manumission: a life-cycle approach applied to the United States and Guadeloupe / Prices of African slaves newly arrived in the Americas, 1673-1865: new evidence on long-run trends and regional differentials / American slave markets during the 1850s: slave price rises in the United States, Cuba, and Brazil in comparative perspective / The relative efficiency of free and slave agriculture in the antebellum United States: a stochastic production frontier approach / Wealth accumulation in Virginia and in the century before the Civil War / The poor: slaves in early America / The north-south wage gap before and after the civil war / Seymour Drescher -- Pieter C. Emmer -- Lorena S. Walsh -- Francisco Vidal Luna, Herbert S. Klein -- Frank D. Lewis -- Davis Eltis, David Richardson -- Laird W. Bergad -- Elizabeth B. Field-Hendrey, Lee A. Craig -- James R. Irwin -- Philip D. Morgan -- Robert A. Margo.
Slavery in the Development of the Americas brings together new work from leading historians and economic historians of slavery. The essays cover various aspects of the role of slavery in the development of the southern United States, Brazil, Cuba, the French and Dutch Caribbean, and elsewhere in the Americas.
English.
9780511187919 0511187912 9780521832779 0521832772 0511186983 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 9780511186981 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) 0511186053 (electronic bk.) 9780511186059 (electronic bk.) 0511185227 (electronic bk.) 9780511185229 (electronic bk.) 9780511512124 (ebook) 0511512120 (ebook) 9786610457984 6610457980 9780521172677 (paperback) 0521172675 1280457988 9781280457982 0511313896 9780511313899
MYILIB_CUp
2003069729
Slavery--History.--America
Slavery--Economic aspects--History.--America
Colonies--History.--America
Esclavage--Histoire.--Amérique
Esclavage--Aspect économique--Histoire.--Amérique
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Colonies.
Slavery.
Slavery--Economic aspects.
Slavernij.
Economische aspecten.
Colonies--Histoire.--Amérique
America.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
HT1048 / .S55 2004eb
306.3/62/097