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The half has never been told, slavery and the making of American capitalism, Edward E. Baptist

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The half has never been told, slavery and the making of American capitalism, Edward E. Baptist

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The half has never been told

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

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Edward E. Baptist

Sub title

slavery and the making of American capitalism

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The Heart, 1937; 1. Feet, 1783-1810; 2. Heads, 1791-1815; 3. Right Hand, 1815-1819; 4. Left Hand, 1805-1861; 5. Tongues, 1819-1824; 6. Breath, 1824-1835; 7. Seed, 1829-1837; 8. Blood, 1836-1844; 9. Backs, 1839-1850; 10. Arms, 1850-1861; Afterword: The Corpse, 1861-1937; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Index

Target audience

adult

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