This ground-breaking book adds an economic angle to a traditionally moral argument, demonstrating that slavery has … history of slavery around the world, from prehistory through the US Antebellum South to the present day, Wright illustrates … individuals from participating in the economy. Historians, economists, policymakers, and anti-slavery activists need no longer …

-- 4.Some Short Thoughts on “The Economics of Slavery”Thomas Straubhaar -- 5.Emancipation of the peasantry in Lower … that Ely Whitney had invented the Cotton Gin in 1793 and already then made slavery in cotton production literally … superfluous. While there have been several books on the economics of American slavery, few studies have examined this issue in an …

is often categorized as one of two growth miracles in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to its spectacular long-run economic …

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Views Linking Colonialism with Institutions -- Chapter 3: A Model of Two Styles … 8: The Legacy of European Colonialism on Relevant Determinants of Institutional Development -- Chapter 9: Conclusions …

Covering the colonial Empire (including West Indies, India, Singapore, West Africa and East Africa), this book is a … Settlements 1893 - 1912: the transition from India to West Africa -- 6) The establishment of the West African Currency Board: 1893 …