The political economy of slavery : studies in the economy and society of the slave South / Eugene D. Genovese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Genovese, Eugene D., 1930-2012, author.

Series:

Wesleyan paperback

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Economic aspects--United States.

Slavery.

Slavery--Economic aspects--Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [1988]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A stimulating analysis of the society and economy in the slave south.

Contents:

Cover; The Political Economy of Slavery: Studies in the Economy and Society of the Slave South; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; PART ONE THE SETTING; 1 The Slave South: An Interpretation; PART TWO VIRGIN LAND AND SERVILE LABOR; 2 The Low Productivity of Southern Slave Labor: Causes and Effects; 3 The Negro Laborer in Africa and the Slave South; 4 Cotton, Slavery, and Soil Exhaustion; 5 Livestock in the Slave Economy; 6 The Limits of Agricultural Reform; PART THREE THE SUBSERVIENCE OF TOWN TO COUNTRY

7 The Significance of the Slave Plantation for Southern Economic Development8 The Industrialists Under the Slave Regime; 9 Slave Labor or Free in the Southern Factories: A Political Analysis of an Economic Debate; PART F0UR THE GENERAL CRISIS OF THE SLAVE SOUTH; 10 The Origins of Slavery Expansionism; A Note on the Place of Economics in the Political Economy of Slavery; Epilogue: The Slave Economies in Political Perspective (with Elizabeth Fox-Genovese); Bibliographical Note; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 321-324.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780819575272

0819575275

OCLC:

881607249