Slavery's capitalism : a new history of American economic development /
Slavery's capitalism : a new history of American economic development /
edited by Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman.
- viii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Early American studies .
- Early American studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-384) and index.
Slavery's capitalism / Toward a political economy of slave labor : hands, whipping-machines, and modern power / Slavery's scientific management : masters and managers / An international harvest : the second slavery, the Virginia-Brazil connection, and the development of the McCormick reaper / Neighbor-to-neighbor capitalism : local credit networks and the mortgaging of slaves / The contours of cotton capitalism : speculation, slavery, and economic panic in Mississippi, 1832-1841 / "Broad is de road dat leads ter death" : human capital and enslaved mortality / August Belmont and the world the slaves made / "What have we to do with slavery?" New Englanders and the slave economies of the West Indies / "No country but their counting-houses" : the U.S.-Cuba-Baltic circuit, 1809-1812 / The coastwise slave trade and a mercantile community of interest / War and priests : Catholic colleges and slavery in the Age of Revolution / Capitalism, slavery, and the new epoch : Mathew Carey's 1819 / The market, utility, and slavery in Southern legal thought / Why did Northerners oppose the expansion of slavery? Economic development and education in the limestone South / Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman -- Edward E. Baptist -- Caitlin Rosenthal -- Daniel B. Rood -- Bonnie Martin -- Joshua D. Rothman -- Daina Ramey Berry -- Kathryn Boodry -- Eric Kimball -- Stephen Chambers -- Calvin Schermerhorn -- Craig Steven Wilder -- Andrew Shankman -- Alfred L. Brophy -- John Majewski. Introduction. Part 1. Plantation technologies. Part 2. Slavery and finance. Part 3. Networks of interest and the North. Part 4. National institutions and natural boundaries.
9780812248418 (hbk : alk. paper)
To 1865
Slavery--Economic aspects--United States.
Slavery--History.--United States
Economic history.
Slavery.
Slavery--Economic aspects.
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
United States.
History.
E441 / .S538 2016
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-384) and index.
Slavery's capitalism / Toward a political economy of slave labor : hands, whipping-machines, and modern power / Slavery's scientific management : masters and managers / An international harvest : the second slavery, the Virginia-Brazil connection, and the development of the McCormick reaper / Neighbor-to-neighbor capitalism : local credit networks and the mortgaging of slaves / The contours of cotton capitalism : speculation, slavery, and economic panic in Mississippi, 1832-1841 / "Broad is de road dat leads ter death" : human capital and enslaved mortality / August Belmont and the world the slaves made / "What have we to do with slavery?" New Englanders and the slave economies of the West Indies / "No country but their counting-houses" : the U.S.-Cuba-Baltic circuit, 1809-1812 / The coastwise slave trade and a mercantile community of interest / War and priests : Catholic colleges and slavery in the Age of Revolution / Capitalism, slavery, and the new epoch : Mathew Carey's 1819 / The market, utility, and slavery in Southern legal thought / Why did Northerners oppose the expansion of slavery? Economic development and education in the limestone South / Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman -- Edward E. Baptist -- Caitlin Rosenthal -- Daniel B. Rood -- Bonnie Martin -- Joshua D. Rothman -- Daina Ramey Berry -- Kathryn Boodry -- Eric Kimball -- Stephen Chambers -- Calvin Schermerhorn -- Craig Steven Wilder -- Andrew Shankman -- Alfred L. Brophy -- John Majewski. Introduction. Part 1. Plantation technologies. Part 2. Slavery and finance. Part 3. Networks of interest and the North. Part 4. National institutions and natural boundaries.
9780812248418 (hbk : alk. paper)
To 1865
Slavery--Economic aspects--United States.
Slavery--History.--United States
Economic history.
Slavery.
Slavery--Economic aspects.
United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
United States.
History.
E441 / .S538 2016