A history of European slave trading from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries considers its economics, demography, epidemiology, and politics
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Review:
"A work of substance that will serve as a general reference for some time."
"Ý"The Transatlantic Slave Trade"¨ corrects many misconceptions and stereotypes. It is of great value as a compendium of information about the European side of the trade and as a synthesis of recent scholarly work on the subject. . . . Intelligent and persuasive."-"New York Times Book Review."
" A work of substance that will serve as a general reference for some time. " -- Journal of American History . " This first-rate new study discusses the size and profitability of the slave business, the people who engaged in it, and its consequences in European and American history. " -- New Yorker . " Useful for the historian looking for a synthesis and overview of the literature ... . A valuable source book for anyone interested in the slave trade, and it is an often fascinating account. " -- The Complete Review " [ The Transatlantic Slave Trade ] corrects many misconceptions and stereotypes. It is of great value as a compendium of information about the European side of the trade and as a synthesis of recent scholarly work on the subject. . . . Intelligent and persuasive. " -- New York Times Book Review . "A work of substance that will serve as a general reference for some time."--"Journal of American History"
"This first-rate new study discusses the size and profitability of the slave business, the people who engaged in it, and its consequences in European and American history."--"New Yorker"
"Useful for the historian looking for a synthesis and overview of the literature. . . . A valuable source book for anyone interested in the slave trade, and it is an often fascinating account."--"The Complete Review"
"["The Transatlantic Slave Trade"] corrects many misconceptions and stereotypes. It is of great value as a compendium of information about the European side of the trade and as a synthesis of recent scholarly work on the subject. . . . Intelligent and persuasive."--"New York Times Book Review"
Book Description:
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM contains the records of 25,000 transatlantic slaveship voyages made between 1595 and 1866. Software that allows users to process data by the time periods and geographic regions of their choice and permits the downloading of data in ascii format is included, as are interactive maps.
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