Barbaric Traffic
| Author | : Philip Gould |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 2003-11-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674011663 |
| ISBN-13 | : 067401166X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (66X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Barbaric Traffic by : Philip Gould
Download or read book Barbaric Traffic written by Philip Gould and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-27 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studying the rhetoric of antislavery genres, Gould exposes the relation between antislavery writings and commercial capitalism. By distinguishing between good commerce—the importing of commodities that refined manners—and bad commerce, like the slave trade, the literature offered a critique and outline of acceptable forms of commercial capitalism.
