THE RISE OF AFRICAN SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS by David Eltis ( 9780521652315 )

Item Details

Title:

THE RISE OF AFRICAN SLAVERY IN THE AMERICAS

By:

David Eltis

Format:

Hardback

List price:

£78.00

Our price:

£68.25

Discount:

12.5% off

You save:

£9.75

ISBN 10:

0521652316

ISBN 13:

9780521652315

Availability:

Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.

Delivery rates

Stock:

Currently 0 available

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

28 October, 1999

Pages:

372

Description:

This book provides a fresh interpretation of the development of the English Atlantic slave system.

Synopsis:

Why were the countries with the most developed institutions of individual freedom also the leaders in establishing the most exploitative system of slavery that the world has ever seen? In seeking to provide new answers to this question, The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas examines the development of the English Atlantic slave system between 1650 and 1800. The book outlines a major African role in the evolution of the Atlantic societies before the nineteenth century and argues that the transatlantic slave trade was a result of African strength rather than African weakness. It also addresses changing patterns of group identity to account for the racial basis of slavery in the early modern Atlantic World. Exploring the paradox of the concurrent development of slavery and freedom in the European domains, David Eltis provides a fresh interpretation of this difficult historical problem.

Illustrations:

8 maps 32 tables

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

Some other items by this author:

ATLANTIC CATACLYSM (HB)

ATLAS OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE (HB)

ATLAS OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE (PB)

COERCED AND FREE MIGRATION (HB)