The Atlantic Slave Trade: Effects on Economies, Societies and Peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Europe

by Joseph E. Inikori and Stanley L. Engerman

Debates over the economic, social, and political meaning of slavery and the slave trade have persisted for over two hundred years. The Atlantic Slave Trade brings clarity and critical insight to the subject. In fourteen essays, leading scholars consider the nature and impact of the transatlantic slave trade and assess its meaning for the people transported and for those who owned them.
Among the questions these essays address are: the social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822312433
• ISBN13: 9780822312437
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"