Related Books

Slavery's Capitalism
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Sven Beckert
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-28 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an
Capitalism and Slavery
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Eric Williams
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-30 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fort
American Capitalism
Language: en
Pages: 473
Authors: Sven Beckert
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-06 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The United States has long epitomized capitalism. From its enterprising shopkeepers, wildcat banks, violent slave plantations, huge industrial working class, an
The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860
Language: en
Pages: 351
Authors: Jack Lawrence Schermerhorn
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Focuses on networks of people, information, conveyances, and other resources and technologies that moved slave-based products from suppliers to buyers and user
The Half Has Never Been Told
Language: en
Pages: 558
Authors: Edward E Baptist
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-10-25 - Publisher: Basic Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A groundbreaking history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people Winner of the 2015 Avery O. Craven Prize from