| Item Description: | A CAPRICORN BOOK ; 124 "An economic study of the role of slavery in providing the capital for the industrial revolution and the role of mature industrial capitalism in destroying the slave system...gãis on to discuss the "triangular trade" peculiar to this system, how it built up the shipping and numerous industries, and how its profits were invested in banking, insurance and heavy industry...discusses the impact of Adam Smith and the American Revolution on mercantilism...explores the attitudes toward slavery of governments, capitalists, humanitarians, and the Negrãis themselves..." -- back cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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