Title:
The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism
Author:
Baptist, Edward E.
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Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
Physical Description:
xxvii, 498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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.
Language:
English
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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ISBN:
9780465002962
Format :
Book
