Eric Wolf Quote

The rise of industrial capitalism thus rested on the maintenance of slavery in another part of the world, even though that slavery was no longer dependent on the continuation of the slave trade.

Chapter 11, The Movement of Commodities, p. 316. - Europe and the People Without History

The rise of industrial capitalism thus rested on the maintenance of slavery in another part of the world, even though that slavery was no longer...

The rise of industrial capitalism thus rested on the maintenance of slavery in another part of the world, even though that slavery was no longer...

The rise of industrial capitalism thus rested on the maintenance of slavery in another part of the world, even though that slavery was no longer...

The rise of industrial capitalism thus rested on the maintenance of slavery in another part of the world, even though that slavery was no longer...