Author: RANSOM, Roger L. & SUTCH, Richard.
Title: One Kind of Freedom. The Economic Consequences of Emancipation.
Description: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Wrappers. Slight crease to top corner of front cover, o/wise good condition. Ex-libris stamp to title-page. Examines "...the economic institutions that replaced slavery and the conditions under which ex-slaves were allowed to enter the economic life of the United States following the Civil War". Argues that though the greater freedoms afforded to black Americans allowed substantial increases in their economic welfare, it also effectively "...curtailed further black advancement and retarded southern economic development in the late nineteenth century". 409pp.

Keywords: history america united states policy historical economy economics business 19th nineteenth century industry industrial politics political social slaves slavery south southern economic development labor political science north