Bibliograph

The half has never been told, slavery and the making of American capitalism, Edward E. Baptist

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The half has never been told, slavery and the making of American capitalism, Edward E. Baptist

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-486) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The half has never been told

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

881560332

Responsibility statement

Edward E. Baptist

Sub title

slavery and the making of American capitalism

Summary

Historian Edward Baptist reveals how the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution and modernization of the United States

Table Of Contents

The heart : 1937 -- Feet : 1783-1810 -- Heads : 1791-1815 -- Right hand : 1815-1819 -- Left hand : 1805-1861 -- Tongues : 1819-1824 -- Breath : 1824-1835 -- Seed : 1829-1837 -- Blood : 1836-1844 -- Backs : 1839-1850 -- Arms : 1850-1861 -- The corpse : 1861-1937

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Slavery and the making of American capitalism

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