Slave prices, the African slave trade, and productivity in the Caribbean, 1674-1807

Economic History Review

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 673-700

  Eltis, David ^a   Lewis, Frank D ^b   Richardson, David ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; MARKETING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SLAVE; TRADE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 33747053624     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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