The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism /

Historian Edward Baptist reveals how the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution and modernization of the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baptist, Edward E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2014]
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Description
Summary:Historian Edward Baptist reveals how the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution and modernization of the United States.
Physical Description:xxvii, 498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780465002962 (hardcover : alk. paper)
046500296X (hardcover : alk. paper)