Slavery and Colonialism in the History of Economic Thought - The Cases of France and Great Britain - Simona Pisanelli

Slavery and Colonialism in the History of Economic Thought - The Cases of France and Great Britain - Bog af Simona Pisanelli - Hardback

Atlantic slavery represents one of the blackest pages of human history. European powers not only colonised American lands, but also brought African men and women to work as slaves on plantations. Intellectuals did not remain indifferent to this practice and - from the second half of the eighteenth century - criticised the institution of slavery from an ethical, legal and economic point of view.This book aims to briefly illustrate the colonisation process implemented by France and Great Britain in..