Capitalism & slavery

By Eric Eustace Williams

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"Capitalism & slavery" is published by University of North Carolina Press in 1994 - Chapel Hill, it has 285 pages and the language of the book is English.

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Title: Capitalism & slavery
Author: Eric Eustace Williams
Language: English
Number of Pages: 285
Publisher: ➤ University of North Carolina Press
Publish Date: 1994
Publish Location: Chapel Hill

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Edition Specifications:

Pagination: xxii, 285 p. ;

Edition Identifiers:

The Open Library ID: OL1084881M - OL3041401W
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 29953150
Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 94008722
ISBN-10: 0807821756 - 0807844888
All ISBNs: 0807821756 - 0807844888

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WHEN IN 1492 COLUMBUS, representing the Spanish monarchy, discovered the New World, he set in train the long and bitter international rivalry over colonial possessions for which, after four and a half centuries, no solution has yet been found.

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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 Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. Years ahead of its time, his profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams's study of the role of slavery in financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality of the African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams employed a historicist vision that set the tone for future studies. In a new introduction, Colin Palmer assesses the lasting impact of Williams's groundbreaking work and analyzes the heated scholarly debates it generated when it first appeared.