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Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Slavery
Robert William Fogel
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Description for Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Slavery
Paperback. First published in 1974, Fogel and Engerman's groundbreaking book reexamined the economic foundations of American slavery, marking "the start of a new period of slavery scholarship and some searching revisions of a national tradition" (C. Vann Woodward, New York Review of Books). Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
In an Afterword added in 1989, the authors assess their findings in the light of recent scholarship and debate.
In an Afterword added in 1989, the authors assess their findings in the light of recent scholarship and debate.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393312188
SKU
V9780393312188
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About Robert William Fogel
Robert William Fogel, winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, is director of the Center for Population Economics at the University of Chicago. Stanley L. Engerman is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. His controversial writings on the economics of slavery with economist Robert Fogel were some of the first modern treatments of ... Read more
Reviews for Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Slavery
"With one stroke [this book] turned around a whole field of interpretation and exposed the frailty of history done without science."
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Book Review