The Atlantic slave trade : a census / by Philip D. Curtin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtin, Philip D.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--History.

Slave trade.

Slavery--History.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 338 pages): maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1969.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Curtin combines modern research and statistical methods with his broad knowledge of the field to present the first book-length quantitative analysis of the Atlantic slave trade. Its basic evidence suggests revision of currently held opinions concerning the place of the slave trade in the economies of the Old World nations and the American colonies.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

1. The Slave Trade and the Numbers Game: A Review of the Literature

2. Distribution in Space: The Hispanic Trade

3. Distribution in Space: The Colonies of the North Europeans

4. Distribution through Time: The Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries

5. The English Slave Trade of the Eighteenth Century

6. The French Slave Trade of the Eighteenth Century

7. Main Currents of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade

8. The Slave Trade of the Nineteenth Century

9. Major Trends

10. A Postscript on Mortality

Appendix: Koelle's Linguistic Inventory

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612622786

9780299054038

0299054039

9781282622784

1282622781

OCLC:

55718172

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01348 hdl