The Slavery Debates, 1952-1990: A Retrospective (Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History Series)

By Robert William Fogel

Book Overview

Pondering the role cliometrics played in rethinking the economics of slavery and the South, Fogel chronicles the controversy surrounding his and Stanley Engerman's 1974 book, Time on the Cross which revealed slavery to be a profitable and efficient, though immoral labour system.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807128813
• ISBN13: 9780807128817
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.8"