The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery

by Eric Williams

Book Overview

In his influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams examined the relation of capitalism and slavery in the British West Indies. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, his 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538147084
• ISBN13: 9781538147085
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"