Slavery And The Rise Of The Atlantic System by Barbara L. Solow

The inclusion of the New World in the international economy, among the most important events in modern history, was based on slavery. Europeans brought at least eight million black men, women and children out of Africa to the Western Hemisphere between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, and slavery transformed the Atlantic into a complex trading area. This trade united North and South America, Europe, and Africa through the movement of peoples, goods and services, credit and capital. The essays in this book place slavery in the mainstream of modern history. They describe the transfer of slavery from the Old World, its role in forging the interdependence of the economies bordering the Atlantic, its effect on the empires of Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain, and its impact on Africa. This 1991 Cambridge University Press Paperback is in good condition. Owner's Name inside.

ISBN: 9780521457378 SKU: 1583141 This image is of the actual book.

SKU: 1583141
Location: History