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Some of the best work in one of the hottest fields in American history. -- Gary J. Kornblith, coeditor of Capitalism Takes Command The centrality of slavery to the economic development of the United States is revealed here more fully, in more dimensions, than in any other book. -- Edward L. Ayers, author of In the Presence of Mine Enemies Reveals the inextricable links between the enslavement of people of African descent and today's global economy. -- Leslie Harris, Emory University

Reveals the inextricable links between the enslavement of people of African descent and today's global economy. -- Leslie Harris, Emory University The centrality of slavery to the economic development of the United States is revealed here more fully, in more dimensions, than in any other book. -- Edward L. Ayers, author of In the Presence of Mine Enemies Some of the best work in one of the hottest fields in American history. -- Gary J. Kornblith, coeditor of Capitalism Takes Command

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Sven Beckert is the Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University. Holding a PhD from Columbia University, he has written widely on the economic, social, and political history of capitalism. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including, from Harvard Business School, the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, and the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. He was also a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Seth Rockman is associate professor of history at Brown University. William Hughes is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. A professor of political science at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, he received his doctorate in American politics from the University of California at Davis. He has done voice-over work for radio and film and is also an accomplished jazz guitarist. Kevin Kenerly, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, earned a BA degree at Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has acted in fifteen seasons, playing dozens of roles. Bahni Turpin has guest starred in many television series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, and Cold Case. Her film credits include Brokedown Palace and Crossroads. She has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and three prestigious Audie Awards. Pam Ward, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator, found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress' Talking Books program. The fact that she can work with Blackstone Audio from the beauty of the mountains of Southern Oregon is an unexpected bonus. Ron Butler is a Los Angeles-based actor, Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator, and voice artist with over a hundred film and television credits. Most kids will recognize him from the three seasons he spent on Nickelodeon's True Jackson, VP. He works regularly as a commercial and animation voice-over artist and has voiced a wide variety of audiobooks. He is a member of the Atlantic Theater Company and an Independent Filmmaker Project Award winner for his work in the HBO film Everyday People.

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