Author: Great Britain. Dept. of Overseas TradePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Economic Conditions in the British West Indies and Contiguous British Territories
Author: Great Britain. Dept. of Overseas TradePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Economic Conditions in the British West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras and Bermuda
Author: Great Britain Department of Overseas TradePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belize
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Economic Conditions in the British West Indies and Contiguous British Territories
Author: Report on Economic and Financial Conditions in the British West Indies
Author: Great Britain. Dept. of Overseas TradePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Report on Economic and Commercial Conditions in the British West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras and Bermuda
Author: Great Britain. Commercial Relations and Exports DeptPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Indies, British
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The British West Indies During the American Revolution
Author: Selwyn H. H. CarringtonPublisher: Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This study deals with the economic and political impact of the American War of Independence (1775-1783) on the development of the British West Indian colonies. On the basis of extensive archival material and statistical data, the author demonstrates that the American Revolution not only cut off the British West Indies from its main source of food and plantation supplies, but also sparked a continuous fall in the production of sugar and other staples, leading to the economic decline of the sugar colonies at the end of the eighteenth century.
Capitalism and Slavery
Author: Eric WilliamsPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469619490
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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 powerful ideas in Capitalism and Slavery, published in 1944. Years ahead of its time, his profound critique became the foundation for studies of imperialism and economic development. Binding an economic view of history with strong moral argument, Williams's study of the role of slavery in financing the Industrial Revolution refuted traditional ideas of economic and moral progress and firmly established the centrality of the African slave trade in European economic development. He also showed that mature industrial capitalism in turn helped destroy the slave system. Establishing the exploitation of commercial capitalism and its link to racial attitudes, Williams employed a historicist vision that set the tone for future studies. In a new introduction, Colin Palmer assesses the lasting impact of Williams's groundbreaking work and analyzes the heated scholarly debates it generated when it first appeared.
Britain's Oceanic Empire
Author: H. V. BowenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110702014X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
A comparative study of how the British managed the expansion of empire in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.
Consolidated List of Government Publications
Author: Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Consolidated List of Government Publications
Author: Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description