Econocide
British Slavery in the Era of Abolition
In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams's 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain's abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public's mobilization against the slave trade, which forced London to commit what Drescher terms econocide. This action, he argues, was detrimental to Britain's economic interests at a time when British slavery was actually at the height of its potential. Originally published in 1977, Drescher's work was instrumental in undermining the economic determinist interpretation of abolitionism that had domin…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8078-7179-9
- EAN: 9780807871799
- Produktnummer: 7302964
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 312 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.8 cm 482 g
- Auflage: Second Edition
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 482
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