The other tendency represented by Engerman and Fogel is to characterize the slavocracy as capitalist, but using neoclassical economics rather than Marxism.
If I remember correctly, Fogel was an old Leftist (CP?), while Engerman was a new Leftist, once seen as a dangerous militant.
Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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