Econocide: British Slavery in the Era of AbolitionUniv of North Carolina Press, 30 août 2010 - 312 pages In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams’s 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain’s abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public’s mobilization against the slave trade, which forced London to commit what Drescher terms “econocide.” This action, he argues, was detrimental to Britain’s economic interests at a time when British slavery was actually at the height of its potential. Originally published in 1977, Drescher’s work was instrumental in undermining the economic determinist interpretation of abolitionism that had dominated historical discourse for decades following World War II. For this second edition, which includes a foreword by David Brion Davis, Drescher has written a new preface, reflecting on the historiography of the British slave trade since this book’s original publication. |
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3 The Protected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution | 38 |
4 The Unprotected Economy Before the French Slave Revolution | 55 |
5 The Growth of Slavery in the Era of British Supremacy | 65 |
6 The New Frontier and Abolition | 92 |
7 Economic Conjuncture and Abolition Bills 17911806 | 113 |
8 The Market Mechanism and Abolition | 125 |
10 Beyond Economic Interest | 162 |
List of Abbreviations | 188 |
Appendix I Chronology | 189 |
Appendix II Estimating the Sugar Coffee and Slave Trades | 193 |
Appendix III The Relative Strength of Suggested Motives in the Votes of 18061807 | 214 |
Notes | 225 |
Bibliography | 261 |
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