Trouble of the world : slavery and empire in the age of capital /
Sell, Zach,
Trouble of the world : slavery and empire in the age of capital / Zach Sell. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021] - 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-321) and index.
"In the mid-nineteenth century, U.S. slavery was characterized by relentless expansion and unrelenting exportation, not only of commodities but also of ideas. Zach Sell traces U.S. slavery's significance to colonial land-based dispossessions on a global scale, showing how slavery molded the United States as an empire-state while other imperial powers looked to it as a model for their own colonial projects"--
9781469661346 9781469660455
2020038251
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Colonization--Economic aspects--History--19th century.
Capitalism--History--19th century.
Imperialism--History--19th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--Social conditions--19th century.
E441 / .S46 2021
331.11/734097309034 / S467
Trouble of the world : slavery and empire in the age of capital / Zach Sell. - Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021] - 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-321) and index.
"In the mid-nineteenth century, U.S. slavery was characterized by relentless expansion and unrelenting exportation, not only of commodities but also of ideas. Zach Sell traces U.S. slavery's significance to colonial land-based dispossessions on a global scale, showing how slavery molded the United States as an empire-state while other imperial powers looked to it as a model for their own colonial projects"--
9781469661346 9781469660455
2020038251
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Colonization--Economic aspects--History--19th century.
Capitalism--History--19th century.
Imperialism--History--19th century.
Great Britain--Colonies--Social conditions--19th century.
E441 / .S46 2021
331.11/734097309034 / S467