Slavery and Europe: Exploring the Economic Impact of Atlantic Slavery

The edited volume explores the impact of Atlantic slavery on Europe's economic development, tracing its impact across maritime and colonizing regions to landlocked regions. It highlights the pivotal role of slavery and colonialism in the rise of Europe and globally diverging economic fortunes.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 188 pages
Publication date: 27 May 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Slavery has been a significant topic of discussion in debates surrounding economic development, capitalism, and inequality. This edited volume delves into the impact of Atlantic slavery-based economic activities and their spin-offs on the economic development of Europe. The contributions to this volume offer fresh data and methodologies for assessing the impact of Atlantic slavery, the slave trade, and slave-related economic activities on Europe's economic growth. It explores the impact of slavery across Europe, including maritime and colonizing regions as well as landlocked regions, where the connections to the Atlantic slavery complex may not be immediately apparent. Collectively, the studies in this volume suggest that slavery and colonialism played a crucial role in the rise of Europe and the divergent economic fortunes of different regions globally. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Slavery & Abolition.

Weight: 370g
Dimension: 245 x 175 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032163659