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4. Human Capital

  • Caitlin Rosenthal
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Accounting for Slavery
This chapter is in the book Accounting for Slavery
© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2019 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Figures and Tables ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Hierarchies of Life and Death 9
  7. 2. Forms of Labor 49
  8. 3. Slavery’s Scientific Management 85
  9. 4. Human Capital 121
  10. 5. Managing Freedom 157
  11. Conclusion: Histories of Business and Slavery 187
  12. Postscript: Forward to Scientific Management 199
  13. Notes 207
  14. Acknowledgments 277
  15. Index 283
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674988590-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. List of Figures and Tables ix
  4. Preface xi
  5. Introduction 1
  6. 1. Hierarchies of Life and Death 9
  7. 2. Forms of Labor 49
  8. 3. Slavery’s Scientific Management 85
  9. 4. Human Capital 121
  10. 5. Managing Freedom 157
  11. Conclusion: Histories of Business and Slavery 187
  12. Postscript: Forward to Scientific Management 199
  13. Notes 207
  14. Acknowledgments 277
  15. Index 283
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