Robert William Fogel

Stanley L. Engerman

Employs quantitative analyses to correct long-standing historical beliefs concerning the inefficiency of the slave system, the dispersion of Black families, and the material poverty of slaves

The Economics of American Negro Slavery

Time on the Cross

Joseph E. Inikori

Effects on Economies, Societies and Peoples in Africa, the Americas, and Europe

The Atlantic Slave Trade

Evidence and Methods, a Supplement

Paul Cartledge

David Richardson

Seymour Drescher

Keith Bradley

David Eltis

Craig Perry

"Most societies in the past have had slaves, and almost all peoples have at some time in their pasts been both slaves as well as owners of slaves. Recent decades have seen a significant increase in our understanding of the historical role played by slavery and wide interest across a range of academic disciplines in the evolution of the institution. Exciting and innovative research methodologies have been developed, and numerous fruitful debates generated. Further, the study of slavery has come to providestrong connections between academic research and the wider public interest at a time when such links have in general been weak. The CambridgeWorld History of Slavery responds to these trends by providing for the first time, in four volumes, a comprehensive global history of this widespread phenomenon from the ancient world to the present day. Volume I surveys the history of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world. Although chapters are devoted to the ancient Near East and the Jews, its principal concern is with the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. These are often considered as the first examples in world history of genuine slave societies because of the widespread prevalence of chattel slavery, which is argued to have been a cultural manifestation of the ubiquitous violence in societies typified by incessant warfare"--Provided by publisher.

The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 1, The Ancient Mediterranean World

Robert E. Gallman

Volume III surveys the economic history of the United States and Canada during the twentieth century.

The Cambridge Economic History of the United States

N. F. R. Crafts

Nicholas H. Dimsdale

S. Engerman

This volume reflects the progress made in the last decade in quantitative economic history with major improvements in the quality of analysis and the amassing of research findings. A wide range of topics are disseminated, falling into four main areas: labor and industrial economics, as well as money and macroeconomics.

Quantitative Economic History

This three volume work offers a comprehensive survey of the history of economic activity and economic change in the United States, and in those regions whose economies have at certain times been closely allied to that of the US.

Debates over the economic, social, and political meaning of slavery and the slave trade have persisted for over two hundred years. The Atlantic Slave Trade brings clarity and critical insight to the subject. In fourteen essays, leading scholars consider the nature and impact of the transatlantic slave trade and assess its meaning for the people transported and for those who owned them. Among the questions these essays address are: the social cost to Africa of this forced migration; the role of slavery in the economic development of Europe and the United States; the short-term and long-term effects of the slave trade on black mortality, health, and life in the New World; and the racial and cultural consequences of the abolition of slavery. Some of these essays originally appeared in recent issues of Social Science History; the editors have added new material, along with an introduction placing each essay in the context of current debates. Based on extensive archival research and detailed historical examination, this collection constitutes an important contribution to the study of an issue of enduring significance. It is sure to become a standard reference on the Atlantic slave trade for years to come. Contributors. Ralph A. Austen, Ronald Bailey, William Darity, Jr., Seymour Drescher, Stanley L. Engerman, David Barry Gaspar, Clarence Grim, Brian Higgins, Jan S. Hogendorn, Joseph E. Inikori, Kenneth Kiple, Martin A. Klein, Paul E. Lovejoy, Patrick Manning, Joseph C. Miller, Johannes Postma, Woodruff Smith, Thomas Wilson

Barbara Lewis Solow

The proceedings of a conference on Caribbean slavery and British capitalism are recorded in this volume. Convened in 1984, the conference considered the scholarship of Eric Williams & his legacy in this field of historical research.

The Legacy of Eric Williams

British Capitalism and Caribbean Slavery

Stanley Engerman

Stanley L.. Engerman

Eminent scholars provide an overview of what we now know about slavery as an institution and way of life in cultures around the globe from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on the virtual explosion of empirical research and theoretical discussion on the subject over the past thirty years, many of the articles overturn conventional wisdom and illuminate little-known aspects of the subject, with essays on topics such as concubinage, eunuchs, and occupational mobility.

A Historical Guide to World Slavery

Sobre la esclavitud como institución y sistema económico ha llegado a acumularse una amplia literatura a lo largo del siglo transcurrido desde el fin de la guerra civil norteamericana que puso fin a su existencia en el sur de los Estados Unidos. Dentro de esta literatura, aunque subsistieran muchos desacuerdos, se fue imponiendo gradualmente una cierta interpretación que hacia mediados de nuestro siglo podía considerarse ya como visión dominante y establecida en la opinión general. Esta interpretación tradicional sería radicalmente puesta en duda con la aparición en 1974 de Tiempo en la cruz. A partir de la segunda guerra mundial se había venido gestando lo que se daría en llamar “nueva historia económica” o “cliometría”, una verdadera revolución historiográfica fruto de una serie de rápidos avances en economía, estadística y matemáticas aplicadas, así como del desarrollo de computadoras de alta velocidad. Estos cambios hicieron posible el procesamiento de grandes cantidades de datos numéricos, poniendo así a disposición de una nueva generación de investigadores la amplia información dispersa en numerosos y oscuros archivos. En este contexto surge la obra de Fogel y Engerman como síntesis de la nueva luz que la cliometría puede arrojar sobre el fenómeno de la esclavitud; pese a lo cual se trata de un libro carente de tecnicismos y fácilmente accesible. Se trata de una obra profundamente polémica, que dio origen a una fuerte discusión entre los historiadores norteamericanos, no sólo desde la perspectiva tradicional, sino también en el marco de la propia nueva historia económica. Por la sustancial renovación de la historiografía sobre la esclavitud que ha provocado, Tiempo en la cruz puede ser considerada una obra clásica sin dejar por ello de ser sumamente discutible.

Stanley L. Engerman

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