{"product_id":"white-servitude-in-colonial-america-an-economic-analysis-paperback-9780521273794","title":"White Servitude in Colonial America; An economic analysis (Paperback) 9780521273794","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhite Servitude in Colonial America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn economic analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhite servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid W. Galenson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521273794, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 March 1982\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhite servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than half of all the white immigrants to the British colonies sold themselves into bondage for a period of years in order to migrate to the New World. Professor Galenson's study of the system of indentured servitude analyses rigourously the composition of this labour force and provides a quantitative description of the demographic, social and economic characteristics of more than 20,000 indentured immigrants. The author examines the interactions between indentured, free and slave labour and provides a framework for analysing why black slavery prevailed over white servitude in the British West Indies and the southern mainland colonies and why both types of bound labour declined to insignificance in the northern colonies of the mainland.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. The significance and origins of the colonial indenture system\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Characteristics of the servant population\u003cbr\u003e 2. The age and sex distributions of the indentured servants\u003cbr\u003e 3. The occupations of the indentured servants in the seventeenth-century\u003cbr\u003e 4. Occupations of the eighteenth-century indentured servants\u003cbr\u003e 5. Literacy and the occupations of the indentured servants\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Migration and the transatlantic market for indentured servants\u003cbr\u003e 6. Patterns of servant migration from England to America\u003cbr\u003e 7. The market for indentured servants\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. White servitude in the colonial labour market: 8. The role of the indenture system in the colonial labour market\u003cbr\u003e 9. The indenture system and the colonial labour market\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Indentured servitude in American history: 10. Indentured labour in the Americas\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006968779032,"sku":"9780521273794","price":22.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521273794i_5fb10a38-543e-411f-b2d8-14f7315b185e.jpg?v=1691374335","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/white-servitude-in-colonial-america-an-economic-analysis-paperback-9780521273794","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}