Physics and slavery: the relative cost of calories for slave infants and their mothers
ResearchPublished 1979
Uses physics to analyze breast-feeding as part of an energy transfer process to demonstrate that the cost per calorie of suckling infants is greater than that of feeding adults. Takes exception to David's and Temin's criticism of [Time on the Cross] (Fogel and Engerman) concerning maintenance costs of slaves.
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- Year: 1979
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Hopkins, Mark Myron and N. Scott Cardell, Physics and slavery: the relative cost of calories for slave infants and their mothers, RAND Corporation, P-6415, 1979. As of September 19, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6415.html
Hopkins, Mark Myron and N. Scott Cardell, Physics and slavery: the relative cost of calories for slave infants and their mothers. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1979. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6415.html. Also available in print form.
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