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Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Eric Eustace, 1911-1981 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Tomich, Dale W., 1946- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Colección:World social change.
Temas:
Industries > Great Britain > History.
Slave trade > Great Britain.
Esclaves > Commerce > Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
Economic history
Industries
Slave trade
Great Britain > Economic conditions.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in the influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944 and based on his previously unavailable dissertation, now available in book form for the first time. Williams's profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Establ.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781442231405
1442231408

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