Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal · Audiobook preview

Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management
Authored by Caitlin Rosenthal
Narrated by Allyson Johnson

0:00 Intro
0:03 Preface
7:07 Introduction
27:14 1. Hierarchies of Life and Death
50:56 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

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.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Caitlin Rosenthal returned to Harvard for her PhD in history after three years with McKinsey & Company. She is now assistant professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley.

Allyson Johnson began her entertainment career in her hometown of Chicago as an Emmy Award-winning child news anchor. A graduate of Brown University, she is a working actress, singer, and audiobook narrator in the New York City metropolitan area.

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

Language: English
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Published on: August 16, 2022
ISBN: 9781666133202
Duration: 7 hr, 44 min
Genres: Business & Economics / Economic History, Business & Economics / Economics / General, Social Science / Slavery