Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 76 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 143 g
Reihe: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences
The Economics of Unfree Labor
Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 76 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 143 g
Reihe: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-1-4899-9269-7
Verlag: Springer
The basic hypothesis of this book is that slave labor can never be efficient and will therefore disappear by itself. However, this process of disappearance can take many years. For instance, two generations after the importation of slaves to North America had ended, the states still fought over the issue, and this despite the fact that Ely Whitney had invented the Cotton Gin in 1793 and already then made slavery in cotton production literally superfluous. While there have been several books on the economics of American slavery, few studies have examined this issue in an international context. The contributions in this book address the economics of unfree labor in places like Prussia, Westphalia, Austria, Argentina and the British Empire. The issue of slavery is still a hotly debated and widely studied issue, making this book of interest to academics in history, economics and African Studies alike.
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1.Introduction Jürgen G. Backhaus.- 2.Sold SoldiersJürgen G. Backhaus.- 3.The Brandenburg TriangleGerhard Scheuerer.- 4.Some Short Thoughts on “The Economics of Slavery”Thomas Straubhaar.- 5.Emancipation of the peasantry in Lower AustriaGünther Chaloupek.- 6.Liberation of the Serfs – The End of Forced Labour?Hans A. Frambach.- 7.More Than Just a Production Factor: The View of Labour in the Works of the Norwegian Economist Torkel Aschehoug (1822—1909) Mathilde Fasting and Sylvi Endresen.- 8.Forced Labor under the Gulag Regime (1918-1990)Nicholas W. Balabkins.