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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN 13 | 9780190856854 |
| ISBN 10 | 0190856858 |
| Author | Caroline Oudin-Bastide |
| Language | English |
| Book Description | This book studies how, from the last third of the 18th century to 1848, comparative costs of slave and free labor played a key role in the French debate over the abolition of slavery. The book thus offers an original view upon the connection between |
| About the Author | Caroline Oudin-Bastide is a socio-historian of slavery in the French West Indies. Her research is focused on the social functioning of slave society and the role of social beliefs concerning witchcraft. Philippe Steiner is professor of sociology at the university Paris-Sorbonne. His recent research is devoted to the economic sociology of markets, the relation between markets and morals and the history of social sciences. He is currently working on the economic sociology of festivities. |
| Publication Date | 2019-02-07 |
| Number of Pages | 272 pages |
Calculation and Morality: The Costs of Slavery and the Value of Emancipation in the French Antilles
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