As the story goes... A Collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten – or somebody-or-other had printed it. Not Gutenberg? – gasped the collector. Yes, that was it! "You idiot! You've thrown away one of the first books ever printed. A copy recently sold at … [Read more...] about A Collector of Rare Books
History
The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860
By Calvin Schermerhorn Available from Amazon.com Calvin Schermerhorn’s provocative study views the development of modern American capitalism through the window of the nineteenth-century interstate slave trade. This eye-opening history follows money and ships as well as enslaved human beings to demonstrate how slavery was a national business supported by far-flung monetary and … [Read more...] about The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860