Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Rev...

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The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson 'follow the money' to document in revealing detail the role of slavery in the making of Britain's industrial revolution. Slavery was not just a source of wealth for a narrow circle of slave owners who built grand country houses and filled them with luxuries. The forces set in motion by the slave and plantation trades seeped into almost every aspect of the economy and society. In textile mills, iron and copper smelting, steam power, and financial institutions, slavery played a crucial part. Things we might think far removed from the taint of slavery, such as eighteenth-century fashions for indigo-patterned cloth, sweet tea, snuff boxes, mahogany furniture, ceramics and silverware, were intimately connected. Even London's role as a centre for global finance was partly determined by the slave trade as insurance, financial trading and mortgage markets were developed in the City to promote distant and risky investments in enslaved people. The result is a bold and unflinching account of how Britain became a global superpower, and how the legacy of slavery persists. Acknowledging Britain's role in slavery is not just about toppling statues and renaming streets. We urgently need to come to terms with slavery's inextricable links with Western capitalism, and the ways in which many of us continue to benefit from slavery to this day.

Über den Autor

Maxine Berg is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Warwick.

Pat Hudson is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at Cardiff University.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1: Slavery and the British economy: how the slave and plantation trades worked and how they changed
Chapter 2: Slavery and the British industrial revolution: misleading measures
Chapter 3: A revolution in consumption: sugar and other plantation products
Chapter 4: Plantation innovation and Atlantic science
Chapter 5: British 'slave ports' and their hinterlands: structural and regional transformation
Chapter 6: Iron and copper revolutions: metals, hardware and mining
Chapter 7: Textile revolutions
Chapter 8: Financial capitalism
Chapter 9: Slavery after slavery: legacies of race and inequality

Chapter 10: Slavery, capitalism and the economic history of Britain

Erscheinungsjahr:	2025
Fachbereich:	Volkswirtschaft
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781509552696
ISBN-10:	1509552693
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Berg, Maxine Hudson, Pat
Hersteller:	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 153 x 26 mm
Von/Mit:	Maxine Berg (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.03.2025
Gewicht:	0,452 kg

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