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Slavery and American Economic Development

Summary: "Slavery and American Economic Development is a small book with a big interpretative punch. It is one of those rare books about a familiar subject that manages to seem fresh and new."-Charles B. Dew, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "A stunning reinterpretation of southern economic history and what is perhaps the most important book in the field since Time on the Cross. . . . I frequently found myself forced to rethink long-held positions."-Russell R. Menard, Civil War History Through an analysis of slavery as an economic institution, Gavin Wright presents an innovative look at the economi.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807152751 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0807152757 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (175 p.)
Publisher: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Description based upon print version of record.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Introduction: What Was Slavery?; 1. Slavery, Geography, and Commerce; 2. Property and Progress in Antebellum America; 3. Property Rights, Productivity, and Slavery; Epilogue: The Legacy of Slavery; APPENDIX; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z