Accounting for Slavery : Masters and Management /
Rosenthal, Caitlin
Accounting for Slavery : Masters and Management / Caitlin Rosenthal. - 1 online resource (312 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Hierarchies of Life and Death -- 2. Forms of Labor -- 3. Slavery’s Scientific Management -- 4. Human Capital -- 5. Managing Freedom -- Conclusion: Histories of Business and Slavery -- Postscript: Forward to Scientific Management -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Caitlin Rosenthal explores quantitative management practices on West Indian and Southern plantations, showing how planter-capitalists built sophisticated organizations and used complex accounting tools. By demonstrating that business innovation can be a byproduct of bondage Rosenthal further erodes the false boundary between capitalism and slavery.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674988590
10.4159/9780674988590 doi
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--United States--18th century.
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--West Indies, British--18th century.
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--West Indies, British--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
331.11734097309033
Accounting for Slavery : Masters and Management / Caitlin Rosenthal. - 1 online resource (312 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Hierarchies of Life and Death -- 2. Forms of Labor -- 3. Slavery’s Scientific Management -- 4. Human Capital -- 5. Managing Freedom -- Conclusion: Histories of Business and Slavery -- Postscript: Forward to Scientific Management -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Caitlin Rosenthal explores quantitative management practices on West Indian and Southern plantations, showing how planter-capitalists built sophisticated organizations and used complex accounting tools. By demonstrating that business innovation can be a byproduct of bondage Rosenthal further erodes the false boundary between capitalism and slavery.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674988590
10.4159/9780674988590 doi
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--United States--18th century.
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--West Indies, British--18th century.
Slavery--Economic aspects--History--West Indies, British--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
331.11734097309033