Migrants, Servants and Slaves: Unfree Labor in Colonial British America - Rilegato

Menard, Russell R.

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ISBN 10: 0860788385 ISBN 13: 9780860788386

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2001

Riassunto

Written by one of the leading economic historians of British America, the essays in Migrants, servants, and slaves (several of which have achieved the status of minor classics) address a series of topics of central importance to the field. The central theme is that of the transition from a labor force dominated by English indentured servants, to one composed largely of African slaves. In the enquiry the author examines the changing composition of the servant population in the British North American colonies, the determinants of the pace and volume of servant migration, and the opportunities available to servants who completed their terms. On the subject of slavery, he looks at how the initial investments were financed, and the ability of the slave population to reproduce itself.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0860788385
• ISBN 13: 9780860788386
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 318