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Did slavery pay? Readings in the economics of Black slavery in the United States. Edited by Hugh G. J. Aitken.

Title
  1. Did slavery pay? Readings in the economics of Black slavery in the United States. Edited by Hugh G. J. Aitken.
Published by
  1. Boston, Houghton Mifflin [1971]
Author
  1. Aitken, Hugh G. J.

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Description
  1. xiii, 343 p. illus.; 22 cm.
Series statement
  1. New perspectives in history.
Subject
  1. Slavery > United States
  2. Southern States > Economic conditions
Call number
  1. IEC 71-543
Note
  1. CONTENTS. - The profitability of slavery: a historical perennial, by H. D. Woodman. - The economic basis of slavery, by J. E. Cairnes. - The economic cost of slaveholding in the cotton belt, by U. B. Phillips. - Economic efficiency and competitive advantages of Negro slavery under the plantation system, by L. C. Gray. - The general effects of slavery upon Southern economic progress, by R. R. Russel. - Was plantation slavery profitable? By T. P. Govan. The economics of slavery in the antebellum South, by A. H. Conrad and J. R. Meyer. - The economics of slavery in the antebellum South: a comment, by D. F. Dowd. - The profitability and viability of plantation slavery in the United States, by Y. Yasuba. - The viability of slavery, by R. Evans, Jr. - A note on the profitability of ante bellum slavery, by E. Saraydar. - The profitability of ante bellum slavery - revisted, by R. Sutch. - The profitability of ante bellum slavery - a replay, by E. Saraydar. - The significance of the slave plantation for Southern economic development, by E. D. Genovese. - Slavery as an obstacle to economic growth in the United States, by A. H. Conrad and J. R. Meyer. - Slavery as an obstacle to economic growth in the United States: a comment, by D. F. Dowd. - The effects of slavery upon the Southern economy: a review of the recent debate, by S. L. Engerman. - Slavery and the economic development of the American South, by M. Fischbaum and J. Rubin.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. Aitken, Hugh G. J. Compiler
Title
  1. Did slavery pay? Readings in the economics of Black slavery in the United States. Edited by Hugh G. J. Aitken.
Imprint
  1. Boston, Houghton Mifflin [1971]
Series
  1. New perspectives in history.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN
  1. 79130654
Research call number
  1. IEC 71-543
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