Africans and the industrial revolution in England :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a study in international trade and economic development /
First Statement of Responsibility
Joseph E. Inikori.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxi, 576 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The English economy in the Longue Durʹee -- A historiography of the first Industrial Revolution -- Slave-based commodity production and the growth of Atlantic Commerce -- Britain and the supply of African Slave labor to the Americas -- The Atlantic slave economy and English shipping -- The Atlantic slave economy and the development of financial institutions -- African-produced raw materials and industrial production in England -- Atlantic markets and the development of the major manufacturing sectors in England's industrialization.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Drawing on classical development theory and recent theoretical advances on the connection between expanding markets and technological developments, this book shows the critical role of expanding Atlantic commerce in the successful completion of England's industrialization process over the period 1650-1850. The contribution of Africans, the central focus of the book, is measured in terms of the role of diasporic Africans in large-scale commodity production in the Americas - of which expanding Atlantic commerce was a function - at a time when demographic and other socioeconomic conditions in the Atlantic basin encouraged small-scale production by independent populations, largely for subsistence. This is the first detailed study of the role of overseas trade in the Industrial Revolution. It revises inward-looking explanations that have dominated the field in recent decades, and shifts the assessment of African contribution away from the debate on profits.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Industrial revolution-- England-- History.
International trade-- History.
Slave trade-- Africa-- History.
Slavery-- Economic aspects-- America-- History.
Slavery-- Economic aspects-- England-- History.
Commerce international-- Histoire.
Esclavage-- Aspect économique-- Amérique-- Histoire.
Esclavage-- Aspect économique-- Angleterre-- Histoire.