Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Baptist, Edward E., author. Title: The half has never been told : slavery and the making of American capitalism / Edward E. Baptist. Publisher, Date: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014] Description: xxvii, 498 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm 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. Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History. Slavery -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History. African Americans -- Social conditions -- History. Other Title: Slavery and the making of American capitalism Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-486) and index. Contents: The heart : 1937 -- Feet : 1783-1810 -- Heads : 1791-1815 -- Right hand : 1815-1819 -- Left hand : 1805-1861 -- Tongues : 1819-1824 -- Breath : 1824-1835 -- Seed : 1829-1837 -- Blood : 1836-1844 -- Backs : 1839-1850 -- Arms : 1850-1861 -- The corpse : 1861-1937. LCCN: 2014012546 ISBN: 9780465002962 (hardcover : alk. paper) 046500296X (hardcover : alk. paper) Other Number: 881560332 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 446037 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 306.362 Baptist Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
