Routledge Slavery and Europe: Atlantic Economic Impact Analysis

This edited volume examines the profound economic influence of Atlantic slavery on European development, addressing a central debate in economic history scholarship. Contributors present original data and methodologies to assess how slave-based economic activities, the slave trade, and related commercial enterprises shaped Europe's economic trajectory across diverse regions, from maritime and colonizing centres to landlocked areas. The work traces slavery's economic legacy throughout the continent, offering rigorous analysis of capitalism's historical foundations and the role of Atlantic commerce in generating wealth disparities. Published by Routledge as part of their Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures series, this collection provides scholars, students and researchers with comprehensive perspectives on how transatlantic slavery systems influenced European prosperity and inequality patterns during formative periods of capitalist development.