Econocide: British slavery in the era of abolition
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Main Author: Drescher, Seymour 1934- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©2010
Edition:2nd ed
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 The Decline Theory of Abolition; 2 The 1770s as the Pivot of British Slavery; 3 The Protected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution; 4 The Unprotected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution; 5 The Growth of Slavery in the Era of British Supremacy; 6 The New Frontier and Abolition; 7 Economic Conjuncture and Abolition Bills, 1791-1806; 8 The Market Mechanism and Abolition; 9 Abolition and the Decline of British Slavery, 1808-1814; 10 Beyond Economic Interest; List of Abbreviations
In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams's 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain's abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public's mobilization against the slave trade, which forced London to commit what Drescher terms "econocide." This action, he argues, was detrimental to Britain's economic interests at a time when British slavery was actually at the height of its potential
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 279 pages)
ISBN:0807899593
1469604329
9780807899595
9781469604329

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