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The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery

Af: Eric Williams Engelsk Hardback

The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery

Af: Eric Williams Engelsk Hardback
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In his influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams examined the relation of capitalism and slavery in the British West Indies. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, his study of the role of slavery in financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality of the African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams employed a historicist vision that has set the tone for an entire field. Williams’s profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development and has been widely debated since the book’s initial publication in 1944. The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery now makes available in book form for the first time his dissertation, on which Capitalism and Slavery was based. The significant differences between his two works allow us to rethink questions that were considered resolved and to develop fresh problems and hypotheses. It offers the possibility of a much deeper reconsideration of issues that have lost none of their urgency—indeed, whose importance has increased.
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In his influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams examined the relation of capitalism and slavery in the British West Indies. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, his study of the role of slavery in financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality of the African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams employed a historicist vision that has set the tone for an entire field. Williams’s profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development and has been widely debated since the book’s initial publication in 1944. The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery now makes available in book form for the first time his dissertation, on which Capitalism and Slavery was based. The significant differences between his two works allow us to rethink questions that were considered resolved and to develop fresh problems and hypotheses. It offers the possibility of a much deeper reconsideration of issues that have lost none of their urgency—indeed, whose importance has increased.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 278
ISBN-13: 9781442231399
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1442231394
Udg. Dato: 7 feb 2014
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 163mm
Højde: 237mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 7 feb 2014
Forfatter(e): Eric Williams
Forfatter(e) Eric Williams


Kategori Slaveri og afskaffelse af slaveri


ISBN-13 9781442231399


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 278


Udgave


Længde 24mm


Bredde 163mm


Højde 237mm


Udg. Dato 7 feb 2014


Oplagsdato 7 feb 2014


Forlag Rowman & Littlefield

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