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The Political Economy of Slavery : Studies in the Economy and Society of the Slave South /
A stimulating analysis of the society and economy in the slave south.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Middletown, Conn. :
Wesleyan University Press,
1989.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; The Political Economy of Slavery: Studies in the Economy and Society of the Slave South; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE THE SETTING; 1 The Slave South: An Interpretation; PART TWO VIRGIN LAND AND SERVILE LABOR; 2 The Low Productivity of Southern Slave Labor: Causes and Effects; 3 The Negro Laborer in Africa and the Slave South; 4 Cotton, Slavery, and Soil Exhaustion; 5 Livestock in the Slave Economy; 6 The Limits of Agricultural Reform; PART THREE THE SUBSERVIENCE OF TOWN TO COUNTRY.
- 7 The Significance of the Slave Plantation for Southern Economic Development8 The Industrialists Under the Slave Regime; 9 Slave Labor or Free in the Southern Factories: A Political Analysis of an Economic Debate; PART F0UR THE GENERAL CRISIS OF THE SLAVE SOUTH; 10 The Origins of Slavery Expansionism; A Note on the Place of Economics in the Political Economy of Slavery; Epilogue: The Slave Economies in Political Perspective (with Elizabeth Fox-Genovese); Bibliographical Note; Index; About the Author.