American slavery, Atlantic slavery, and beyond
Subtitle: the U.S. "peculiar institution" in international perspective
By: Enrico Dal Lago
Series: U.S. history in international perspective
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781594515842; 9781594515859
Subjects: Cotton growing; International economic relations; Slavery; Causes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : from American slavery to Atlantic slavery, and beyond; title: American slavery at the periphery of the Atlantic system; title: Colonial slave societies between reforms and revolutions; title: The 'cotton kingdom', its neighbors, and its contemporaries; title: Servitude and agrarian labor in the Euro-American world; title: Abolitionism and nationalism on the two sides of the Atlantic; title: The American Civil War, slavery, and emancipation in a nation-building age; title: Conclusion : American slavery in Atlantic and Euro-American perspective.