TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosenthal,Caitlin
TI  - Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management 
SN  - 9780674988590
U1  - 331.11734097309033 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - West Indies, British
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674988590
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674988590
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674988590.jpg
ER  -