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Economic growth and the ending of the transatlantic slave trade
| 責任表示 | David Eltis |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | New York : Oxford University Press , 1987 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | xiii, 418 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm |
| 概要 | This watershed study is the first to consider in concrete terms the consequences of Britain's abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. Why did Britain pull out of the slave trade just when it was becomi...g important for the world economy and the demand for labor around the world was high? Caught between the incentives offered by the world economy for continuing trade at full tilt and the ideological and political pressures from its domestic abolitionist movement, Britain chose to withdraw, believing, in part, that freed slaves would work for low pay which in turn would lead to greater and cheaper products. In a provocative new thesis, historian David Eltis here contends that this move did not bolster the British economy; rather, it vastly hindered economic expansion as the empire's control of the slave trade and its great reliance on slave labor had played a major role in its rise to world economic dominance. Thus, for sixty years after Britain pulled out, the slave economies of Africa and the Americas flourished and these powers became the dominant exporters in many markets formerly controlled by Britain. Addressing still-volatile issues arising from the clash between economic and ideological goals, this global study illustrates how British abolitionism changed the tide of economic and human history on three continents. This watershed study is the first to consider in concrete terms the consequences of Britain's abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. Why did Britain pull out of the slave trade just when it was becoming important for the world economy and the demand for labor around the world was high? Caught between the incentives offered by the world economy for continuing trade at full tilt and the ideological and political pressures from its domestic abolitionist movement, Britain chose to withdraw, believing, in part, that freed slaves would work for low pay which in turn would lead to greater and cheaper products. In a provocative new thesis, historian David Eltis here contends that this move did not bolster the British economy; rather, it vastly hindered economic expansion as the empire's control of the slave trade and its great reliance on slave labor had played a major role in its rise to world economic dominance. Thus, for sixty years after Britain pulled out, the slave economies of Africa and the Americas flourished and these powers became the dominant exporters in many markets formerly controlled by Britain. Addressing still-volatile issues arising from the clash between economic and ideological goals, this global study illustrates how British abolitionism changed the tide of economic and human history on three continents. 続きを見る |
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中央図 自動書庫 | 678.23/E 49/1 | 1987 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Bibliography: p. 399-404 Includes index |
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| 著者標目 | *Eltis, David, 1940- |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Slave-trade -- Great Britain
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LCSH:Slave-trade -- Africa 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Slave-trade -- America 全ての件名で検索 LCSH:Slavery in Great Britain -- Anti-slavery movements 全ての件名で検索 |
| 分 類 | LCC:HT1162 DC19:382/.44 |
| 書誌ID | 1000536422 |
| ISBN | 0195041356 |
| NCID | BA00693465 |
| 巻冊次 | ISBN:0195041356 : pbk ; ISBN:0195045637 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.14 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.14 |