Econocide: British Slavery in the Era of Abolition

by Seymour Drescher

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807871796
• ISBN13: 9780807871799
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"