From Slavery to Freedom: Comparative Studies in the Rise and Fall of Atlantic Slavery
By Seymour Drescher.
Description
Spanning four decades of debate on slavery and antislavery, this provocative volume by leading historian Seymour Drescher provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the transatlantic slave trade and abolition movements of nineteenth-century Europe and the Americas, and their ongoing impact on twentieth-century politics and race relations. Leading up to his influential argument that the end of slavery was not due to economic decline, but rather caused it, Drescher's early analyses focus on the dynamic interaction of economic modernization, religion, and politics in early industrial na...
ISBN(s)
081471918X, 9780814719183
