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From slavery to freedom : comparative studies in the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery, Seymour Drescher ; foreword by Stanley L. Engerman

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"Spanning more than two decades of debate on slavery and antislavery, this provocative volume by leading historian Seymour Drescher provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the transatlantic slave trade and abolition movements of nineteenth-century Europe and the Americas, and their ongoing impact on twentieth-century politics and race relations."--Jacket
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xxv, 454 pages
Contents
  • Capitalism and abolition: values and forces in Britain, 1783-1814 (1976)
  • Two variants of anti-slavery: religious organizations and social mobilization in Britain and France, 1780-1870 (1980) - Public opinion and the destruction of British colonial slavery (1982)
  • The decline thesis of British slavery since Econocide (1986)
  • Brazilian abolition in comparative perspective (1988)
  • British way, French way: opinion building and revolution in the second French slave emancipation (1991)
  • The long goodbye: Dutch capitalism and antislavery in comparative perspective (1994)
  • Servile insurrection and John Brown's body in Europe (1993)
  • The ending of the slave trade and the evolution of European scientific racism (1990)
  • The Atlantic slave trade and the Holocaust: a comparative analysis (1996)
  • The role of Jews in the transatlantic slave trade (1993)
  • Eric Williams: British capitalism and British slavery (1987)
  • Capitalism and Slavery after fifty years (1997)
  • Free labor vs. slave labor: the British and Caribbean cases (1999)
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9780814719183
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From slavery to freedom : comparative studies in the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery
Title
From slavery to freedom
Title remainder
comparative studies in the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery
Statement of responsibility
Seymour Drescher ; foreword by Stanley L. Engerman
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Spanning more than two decades of debate on slavery and antislavery, this provocative volume by leading historian Seymour Drescher provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the transatlantic slave trade and abolition movements of nineteenth-century Europe and the Americas, and their ongoing impact on twentieth-century politics and race relations."--Jacket
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http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Drescher, Seymour
Index
index present
LC call number
HT1161
LC item number
.D74 1999
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Slave trade
  • Slave trade
  • Slave trade
  • Slave trade
  • Political science
  • Race relations
  • Slave trade
  • Slavery
  • Slavernij
  • Esclavage
  • Mouvements antiesclavagistes
  • Sklaverei
  • Great Britain
  • Great Britain
  • United States
  • United States
  • Great Britain
  • United States
  • États-Unis
  • Grande-Bretagne
  • Atlantischer Raum
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From slavery to freedom : comparative studies in the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery, Seymour Drescher ; foreword by Stanley L. Engerman
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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text
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Contents
Capitalism and abolition: values and forces in Britain, 1783-1814 (1976) -- Two variants of anti-slavery: religious organizations and social mobilization in Britain and France, 1780-1870 (1980) - Public opinion and the destruction of British colonial slavery (1982) -- The decline thesis of British slavery since Econocide (1986) -- Brazilian abolition in comparative perspective (1988) -- British way, French way: opinion building and revolution in the second French slave emancipation (1991) -- The long goodbye: Dutch capitalism and antislavery in comparative perspective (1994) -- Servile insurrection and John Brown's body in Europe (1993) -- The ending of the slave trade and the evolution of European scientific racism (1990) -- The Atlantic slave trade and the Holocaust: a comparative analysis (1996) -- The role of Jews in the transatlantic slave trade (1993) -- Eric Williams: British capitalism and British slavery (1987) -- Capitalism and Slavery after fifty years (1997) -- Free labor vs. slave labor: the British and Caribbean cases (1999)
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xxv, 454 pages
Isbn
9780814719183
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
98037693
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)39897280
  • (OCoLC)ocm39897280
Label
From slavery to freedom : comparative studies in the rise and fall of Atlantic slavery, Seymour Drescher ; foreword by Stanley L. Engerman
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Capitalism and abolition: values and forces in Britain, 1783-1814 (1976) -- Two variants of anti-slavery: religious organizations and social mobilization in Britain and France, 1780-1870 (1980) - Public opinion and the destruction of British colonial slavery (1982) -- The decline thesis of British slavery since Econocide (1986) -- Brazilian abolition in comparative perspective (1988) -- British way, French way: opinion building and revolution in the second French slave emancipation (1991) -- The long goodbye: Dutch capitalism and antislavery in comparative perspective (1994) -- Servile insurrection and John Brown's body in Europe (1993) -- The ending of the slave trade and the evolution of European scientific racism (1990) -- The Atlantic slave trade and the Holocaust: a comparative analysis (1996) -- The role of Jews in the transatlantic slave trade (1993) -- Eric Williams: British capitalism and British slavery (1987) -- Capitalism and Slavery after fifty years (1997) -- Free labor vs. slave labor: the British and Caribbean cases (1999)
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
xxv, 454 pages
Isbn
9780814719183
Isbn Type
(cloth : alk. paper)
Lccn
98037693
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)39897280
  • (OCoLC)ocm39897280

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