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The Slave Power

Autor John Elliott Cairnes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2003
John E. Cairnes's seminal work on slavery was widely acclaimed upon its publication in 1862 as a brilliant attempt both to explain the essential cause of the American Civil War and to shape European policy concerning the struggle.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781570035227
ISBN-10: 1570035229
Pagini: 480
Dimensiuni: 155 x 228 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: University of South Carolina Press

Notă biografică

Mark M. Smith received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he is now a professor of history. The author of Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South; Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South; and Listening to Nineteenth-Century America, Smith is also the editor of The Old South. He has published articles in a number of journals including the American Historical Review, Past and Present, the Journal of Southern History, the William and Mary Quarterly, and the Journal of the Historical Society. Smith lives in Columbia.

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Introductory - the case stated; 2. The economic basis of slavery; 3. Internal organization of slave societies; 4. Tendencies of slave societies; 5. Internal development of slave societies; 6. External policy of slave societies; 7. The career of the slave power; 8. The designs of the slave power; 9. General conclusions.

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First published in 1862, this clear analysis of the issues involved in the American Civil War influenced international opinion.