TY - GEN T1 - Competing visions of empire : labor, slavery, and the origins of the British Atlantic empire A1 - Swingen, Abigail Leslie LA - English PP - New Haven PB - Yale University Press YR - 2015 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn900943389 AB - This title explores the connections between the origins of the English empire and unfree labour by exploring how England's imperial designs influenced contemporary politics and debates about labour, population, political economy, and overseas trade. It pays particular attention to how and why slavery and England's participation in the transatlantic slave trade came to be widely accepted as central to the national and imperial interest by contributing to the idea that colonies with slaves were essential for the functioning of the empire. CN - F2131 .S94 2015eb SN - 9780300189445 SN - 0300189443 SN - 9780300187540 SN - 0300187548 KW - West Indies, British : History : 17th century. KW - West Indies, British : Economic conditions : 17th century. KW - West Indies, British : Commerce. KW - Slavery : West Indies, British : History : 17th century. KW - West Indies, British : Historiography. KW - Imperialism : History. KW - West Indies, British : History : 18th century. KW - West Indies, British : Economic conditions : 18th century. KW - Slavery : West Indies, British : History : 18th century. KW - Impérialisme : Histoire. KW - Antilles britanniques : Histoire : 17e siècle. KW - Antilles britanniques : Conditions économiques : 17e siècle. KW - Antilles britanniques : Commerce. KW - Antilles britanniques : Historiographie. KW - Antilles britanniques : Histoire : 18e siècle. KW - Antilles britanniques : Conditions économiques : 18e siècle. KW - HISTORY : Latin America : Mexico. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Slavery. KW - Commerce KW - Economic history KW - Historiography KW - Imperialism KW - Slavery KW - West Indies : British West Indies KW - Sklaverei KW - Imperialismus KW - Großbritannien KW - Westindien KW - 1600-1799 KW - History ER -