| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 The Decline Theory of Abolition; 2 The 1770s as the Pivot of British Slavery; 3 The Protected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution; 4 The Unprotected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution; 5 The Growth of Slavery in the Era of British Supremacy; 6 The New Frontier and Abolition; 7 Economic Conjuncture and Abolition Bills, 1791-1806; 8 The Market Mechanism and Abolition; 9 Abolition and the Decline of British Slavery, 1808-1814; 10 Beyond Economic Interest; List of Abbreviations. |
| Summary |
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 slavery was actually at the height of its potential. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History.
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Antislavery movements. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Slavery -- West Indies, British -- History.
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Slavery. |
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Slave trade -- Great Britain -- History.
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Slave trade. |
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Slave trade -- West Indies, British -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drescher, Seymour. Econocide. 2nd ed. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 0807871796 (OCoLC)607975595 |
| ISBN |
9780807899595 (electronic book) |
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0807899593 (electronic book) |
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9781469604329 (electronic book) |
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1469604329 (electronic book) |
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0807871796 |
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9780807871799 |
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0807834467 |
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9780807834466 |
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