Africans and the Industrial Revolution in England. A study in international trade and economic development

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Moving from the premise that the 'market based model of industrialization cannot be successfully completed without an intensive involvement in international trade', focuses on the contribution of Africans (continental and disaporic) to England's industrialization process from mid 17th to mid 19th century. Has chapters: 'The English economy in the longue duree'; 'Historiography of the first industrial revolution'; 'Slave based commodity production and the growth of Atlantic commerce'; 'Britain and the supply of African slave labour to the Americas'; 'The Atlantic slave economy and English shipping'; 'The Atlantic slave economy and the development of financial institutions'; 'African-produced raw materials and industrial production in England'; 'Atlantic markets and the development of the major manufacturing sectors in England's industrialization'