Accounting for slavery : masters and management / Caitlin Rosenthal.
Accounting for slavery : masters and management / Caitlin Rosenthal.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
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G 2020/5273
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 295 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Hierarchies of life and death -- Forms of labor -- Slavery's scientific management -- Human capital -- Managing freedom -- Conclusion: Histories of business and slavery -- Postscript: Forward to scientific management.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Accounting for Slavery offers a history of business and management practices on slave plantations in the British West Indies and the American South, covering the century from approximately 1780-1880. Far from lagging behind Northern manufacturers, the most sophisticated Southern planters used complex management techniques, measuring and monitoring...
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Accounting for slavery : masters and management / Caitlin Rosenthal.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-276) and index.
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©2018
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G 2020/5273
Record Identifier
74VKaJqlgXRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJqlgXRb
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ISBN
9780674972094
DDC
331.11734097309033
MMS ID
991024368619602626
