Slavery and the Rise of the Atlantic System (Paperback, Revised)

The inclusion of the New World in the international economy, among the most important events in modern history, was based on slavery. Europeans brought at least eight million black men, women and children out of Africa to the Western Hemisphere between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, and slavery transformed the Atlantic into a complex trading area. This trade united North and South America, Europe, and Africa through the movement of peoples, goods and services, credit and capital. The essays in this book place slavery in the mainstream of modern history. They describe the transfer of slavery from the Old World, its role in forging the interdependence of the economies bordering the Atlantic, its effect on the empires of Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain, and its impact on Africa.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1993
First published:	1991
Editors:	Barbara L. Solow
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	368
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-45737-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > International trade > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-45737-8
Barcode:	9780521457378

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