The gun-slave hypothesis and the 18th century British slave trade
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- Whatley, Warren, 2017. "The gun-slave hypothesis and the 18th century British slave trade," MPRA Paper 80050, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Transatlantic slave trade; Gun-slave cycle; Britain; Africa;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- N73 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N77 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Africa; Oceania
- N47 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Africa; Oceania
- N43 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor
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