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Caitlin Rosenthal explores quantitative management practices on West Indian and Southern plantations, showing how planter-capitalists built sophisticated organizations and used complex accounting tools. By demonstrating that business innovation can be a byproduct of bondage Rosenthal further erodes the false boundary between capitalism and slavery.

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Authors: Rosenthal, C.
Corresponding author: Rosenthal, Caitlin
ORCID: Rosenthal, Caitlin
Venue: Harvard University Press eBooks
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2018-12-31
DOI: 10.4159/9780674988590
OpenAlex: W4256086545
Semantic Scholar: 83bebbdf64e72ffa58bc12dc47df0379955c5da6
Cited by: 231
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Citations by year: 2026: 16 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 73 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 13
FWCI: 23.58
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: bronze
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Locations: Harvard University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Colonialism, slavery, and trade
Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Historical Economic and Social Studies
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › History of Colonial Brazil
Keywords: slavery, quantitative management, plantations, business innovation, Capitalism and Slavery, West Indies, Southern United States, economic history of slavery

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