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Verlagstext:Any review of the last half dozen issues of the economic history journals will show that the impact of slavery and Atlantic trade on the pre-1800 British economy is as alive a topic today as it has ever been. Scholars at the beginning of the twenty-first century find the mix of race, coercion, economic growth and morality it offers too potent to ignore. The appearance of this slim volume summarizing the recent debates is thus certainly timely. In 98 pages of text, Brunel University's Kenneth Morgan covers a great deal of ground including all the main issues and the positions of most of the major participants. Twenty-five pages of introduction and context are followed by short chapters on first, profits of the slave trade, second, slavery and capital accumulation in Britain, and third, more broadly again, Atlantic trade and the British economy. The author then provides shorter chapters on the less contentious and arguably less central issues of the impact of business institutions on slave trading and the consequences of growing Atlantic trade for British ports. Although a cliometrician's skills are not among the author's many talents, this booklet is a model of what a short review study of a major issue involving statistics as the usual weapons of choice, should be. The summaries are accurate, the tone is judicious, the writing is clear, and the range of material surveyed is such that this reviewer found several references that were new to him. In short, students will find this booklet both accessible and helpful, but specialists will also profit from it. (http://eh.net/bookreviews/library/0406.shtml) / AUS DEM INHALT: / / / IntroductionThe contextThe debatesThe profits of the slave tradeSlavery, Atlantic trade and capital accumulationBritish exports and transatlantic marketsBusiness institutions and the British economyAtlantic trade and British portsConclusionBibliographyIndexpage vii