Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic
Subtitle: The World of the Lascelles, 16481834 (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780521863384
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Colonization & independence; Renaissance; History - General History; History; History: World; British Isles; Slavery; Labor; History / Renaissance; 19th century; Economic conditions; Sugar trade; West Indies, British
First sentence: During the eighteenth century, spectacular fortunes were gained and lost in the West Indian colonial trades.