The Slave Power: Its Character, Career, and Probable Designs: Being an Attempt to Explain the Real Issues Involved in the American Contest - Couverture souple

Cairnes, John Elliot

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108024335 ISBN 13 : 9781108024334

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

First published in 1862, this clear analysis of the issues involved in the American Civil War influenced international opinion.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

John Elliot Cairnes (1823–1875) was one of the leading economists of his day, holding professorships at Trinity College Dublin, University College, Galway, and University College, London. He gained an international reputation with The Slave Power, first published in 1862, and enlarged and reissued the following year. His analysis of the economic and social system of the Confederate states in America did much to influence British support for the Union in the United States' Civil War. He argued that the course of history was influenced most of all by economic causes. Although he had begun his study of the slave trade on a theoretical basis, the outbreak of civil war had given it a more immediate and practical application. His case is very clearly and impartially argued. While being opposed to slavery on moral grounds, he fairly states the arguments on both sides, and refutes some of the Confederate propaganda.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108024335
• ISBN 13: 9781108024334
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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