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Capitalism and Slavery
Capitalism and Slavery
Author: Eric Williams
Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide.Eric Williams advanced these powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, publ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780807844885
ISBN-10: 0807844888
Publication Date: 10/14/1994
Pages: 307
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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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