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ISBN-10: 1469663686
ISBN-13: 9781469663685
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publish Date: 04/01/2021
Dimensions: 9.20" L, 7.70" W, 0.60" H

Capitalism and Slavery, Third Edition

Foreword by: William A Darity
Introduction by: Colin a Palmer

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Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. Years ahead of its time, his profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams’s 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 set the tone for future studies.

William A. Darity Jr.’s new foreword highlights Williams’s insights for a new generation of readers, and Colin Palmer’s introduction assesses the lasting impact of Williams’s groundbreaking work and analyzes the heated scholarly debates it generated when it first appeared.

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[This] new edition of Capitalism and Slavery, published by the University of North Carolina Press with a foreword by the economist William Darity, reminds us in particular of Williams's independent political and intellectual spirit and how his scholarship upended the historiographical consensus on slavery and abolition.–The Nation

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Details

ISBN-10: 1469663686
ISBN-13: 9781469663685
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publish Date: 04/01/2021
Dimensions: 9.20" L, 7.70" W, 0.60" H
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