Capitalism, Slavery, and Republican Values: American Political Economists, 1819-1848

by Allen Kaufman

Book Overview

In the troubled days before the American Civil War, both Northern protectionists and Southern free trade economists saw political economy as the key to understanding the natural laws on which every republican political order should be based. They believed that individual freedom was one such law of nature and that this freedom required a market economy in which citizens could freely pursue their particular economic interests and goals.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741227
• ISBN13: 9780292741225
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"