Capitalism & slavery /
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 powerf...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[1994]
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Online Access: | CONNECT |