Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview

£0.00 for first 30 days

Try for £0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Accounting for Slavery

By: Caitlin Rosenthal
Narrated by: Allyson Johnson
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

The story of modern management generally looks to the factories of England and New England for its genesis. But after scouring through old accounting books, Caitlin Rosenthal discovered that Southern planter-capitalists practiced an early form of scientific management. They took meticulous notes, carefully recording daily profits and productivity, and subjected their slaves to experiments and incentive strategies comprised of rewards and brutal punishment. Challenging the traditional depiction of slavery as a barrier to innovation, Accounting for Slavery shows how elite planters turned their power over enslaved people into a productivity advantage. The result is a groundbreaking investigation of business practices in Southern and West Indian plantations and an essential contribution to our understanding of slavery's relationship with capitalism.
©2018 the President and Fellows of Harvard College (P)2022 Tantor
  • Unabridged Audiobook
  • Categories: History
Business & Careers Economic History United States
Show More Show Less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Slavery's Capitalism cover art
The Half Has Never Been Told cover art
A Revolution Down on the Farm cover art
Nothing but Freedom cover art
American Slavery, American Freedom cover art
The Poverty of Nations cover art
The Dutch East India Company cover art
Red Meat Republic cover art
The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare cover art
Nature's Metropolis cover art
Blood and Money cover art
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations cover art
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy cover art
Applied Economics cover art
The Transatlantic Slave Trade: The History and Legacy of the System that Brought Slaves to the New World cover art
Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism cover art

What listeners say about Accounting for Slavery

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for Pasi Ahonen

Insightful history well read

Rosenthal’s work brings together many previously disparate histories of slavery, work and management and at the same time suggests ways out of historiographical debates that have taken place in recent years.

Report this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!