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Article: Africans And the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development.(Reviews of Books)(Book Review)
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- March 22, 2004
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Joseph E. Inikori. Africans And the Industrial Revolution in England: A Study in International Trade and Economic Development. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2002. Pp. xxi, 576. $75.00. ISBN 0-521-81193-7.
Nearly sixty years ago, Eric Williams argued in Capitalism and Slavery (1944) that the profits of slavery had made possible the industrial revolution in England. The Williams thesis has had over the years a broadly sceptical reception. Some critics argued that the profits of slavery were more likely to be invested in the landed estates and architectural follies of West Indian "nabobs"--absentee proprietors resident in Britain--than industrial plant. ...