| Description |
xiii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
New perspectives in history
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The profitability of slavery: a historical perennial / Harold D. Woodman -- The economic basis of slavery / John E. Cairnes -- The economic cost of slaveholding in the cotton belt / Ulrich B. Phillips -- Economic efficiency and competitive advantages of Negro slavery under the plantation system / Lewis C. Gray -- The general effects of slavery upon southern economic progress / Robert R. Russel -- Was plantation slavery profitable? / Thomas P. Govan -- The economics of slavery in the antebellium south / Alfred H. Conrad and John R. Meyer -- The economics of slavery in the antebellum south: a comment / Douglas F. Dowd -- The profitability and viability of plantation slavery in the United States / Yasukichi Yasuba -- The viability of slavery / Robert Evans, Jr. -- A note on the profitability of ante bellum slavery / Edward Saraydar -- The profitability of ante bellum slavery - revisited / Richard Sutch -- The profitability of ante bellum slavery - a reply / Edward Saraydar -- The significance of the slave plantation for southern economic development / Eugene D. Genovese -- Slavery as an obstacle to economic growth in the United States / Alfred H. Conrad and John R. Meyer -- Slavery as an obstacle to economic growth in the United States: a comment / Douglas F. Dowd -- The effects of slavery upon the southern economy: a review of the recent debate / Stanley L. Engerman -- Slavery and the economic development of the American south / Marvin Fischbaum and Julius Rubin. |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Southern States.
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Southern States -- Economic conditions.
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| ISBN |
0395112370 |
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9780395112373 |
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