Title The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery / Eric Williams ; edited by Dale W. Tomich ; introduction by William Darity Jr.

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Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	World social change
	World social change.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Preface / Dale Tomich -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- From the dissertation to capitalism and slavery : did Williams' abolition thesis change? / William Darity, Jr. -- The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery -- Thesis submitted to the board of the faculty of modern history of the university of Oxford for the degree of doctor of philosophy -- Eric williams.
Summary	Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in the influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944 and based on his previously unavailable dissertation, now available in book form for the first time. Williams's profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Establ.
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Subject	Industries -- Great Britain -- History.
	Industries.
	Great Britain.
	History.
	Great Britain -- Economic conditions.
	Economic conditions.
	Slave trade -- Great Britain.
	Slave trade.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Tomich, Dale W., 1946- editor.
Other Form:	Print version: Williams, Eric Eustace, 1911-1981. Economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery 9781442231399 (DLC) 2013048228 (OCoLC)862589502
ISBN	9781442231405 (electronic book)
	1442231408 (electronic book)
	9781442231399
	1442231394

Title The economic aspect of the abolition of the West Indian slave trade and slavery / Eric Williams ; edited by Dale W. Tomich ; introduction by William Darity Jr.

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