The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History - Hardcover

Rawley, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803239610 ISBN 13: 9780803239616

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2005

Synopsis

The transatlantic slave trade played a major role in the development of the modern world. It both gave birth to and resulted from the shift from feudalism into the European Commercial Revolution. James A. Rawley fills a scholarly gap in the historical discussion of the slave trade from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century by providing one volume covering the economics, demography, epidemiology, and politics of the trade. This revised edition of Rawley's classic, produced with the assistance of Stephen D. Behrendt, includes emended text to reflect the major changes in historiography; current slave trade data tables and accompanying text; updated notes; and the addition of a select bibliography. James A. Rawley is Carl Adolph Happold Professor of History, emeritus, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of several books, including Turning Points of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting For, both available in Bison Books editions. Stephen D. Behrendt is a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington. He has coauthored a data archive of 27,233 slave voyages, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM.

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Review:

"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--New Yorker

"[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--New York Times Book Review

"A work of substance that will serve as a general reference for some time."--Journal of American History--Journal of American History

"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 Complete 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0803239610
• ISBN 13: 9780803239616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464