Capitalism and Antislavery British Mobilization in Comparative Perspective |
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| Author:
| Drescher, Seymour |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-520534-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1987 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $98.00 |
Book Description:
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Presenting a major reassessment of the roots, nature, and significance of Britain's successful struggle against slavery, this book illuminates a novel turn in the history of antislavery. For the first time, the most effective agents in the abolition process were non-slave masses. This not only set Britain off from ancient Rome, medieval western Europe, and early modern Russia, but, in scale and duration, it distinguished Britain from its 19th-century continental European counterparts as well.
Presenting a major reassessment of the roots, nature, and significance of Britain's successful struggle against slavery, this book illuminates a novel turn in the history of antislavery. For the first time, the most effective agents in the abolition process were non-slave masses. This not only set Britain off from ancient Rome, medieval western Europe, and early modern Russia, but, in scale and duration, it distinguished Britain from its 19th-century continental European counterparts as well.