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The Atlantic slave trade : a census / by Philip D. Curtin

Author
Curtin, Philip D.
Published
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [1969]
Copyright Date
©1969
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 338 pages) : maps
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Language Note
English.
Contents
The slave trade and the numbers game : a review of the literature -- Distribution in space : the Hispanic trade -- Distribution in space : the colonies of the North Europeans -- Distribution through time : the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries -- The English slave trade of the eighteenth century -- The French slave trade of the eighteenth century -- Main currents of the eighteenth-century slave trade -- The slave trade of the nineteenth century -- Major trends -- A postscript on mortality.
Summary
Curtin combines modern research and statistical methods with his broad knowledge of the field to present the first book-length quantitative analysis of the Atlantic slave trade. Its basic evidence suggests revision of currently held opinions concerning the place of the slave trade in the economies of the Old World nations and the American colonies.
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ISBN
0299054047
9780299054045
9780299054038 (electronic bk.)
0299054039 (electronic bk.)
1282622781
9781282622784
9786612622786
6612622784
0299054004
9780299054007
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-311) and index.
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