The Slavery Debates, 1952-1990: A Retrospective (The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History)

by Robert W. Fogel

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Pondering the role cliometrics played in rethinking the economics of slavery and the South, Fogel chronicles the controversy surrounding his and Stanley Engerman's 1974 book, Time on the Cross which revealed slavery to be a profitable and efficient, though immoral labour system.
  • ISBN10 0807128813
  • ISBN13 9780807128817
  • Publish Date 27 October 2003
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Louisiana State University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 112
  • Language English