David Eltis

7.0k citations
111 papers · 2.0k indexed · h-index 26
Topics
Colonialism, slavery, and trade (90 papers)Historical Economic and Social Studies (28 papers)Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (27 papers)
Journals
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaThe American Historical ReviewJournal of American History

In The Last Decade

David Eltis

103 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers

David Eltis
Comparison fields: 5 of 95
  • Anthropology 1.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 714
  • Economics and Econometrics 502
  • Cultural Studies 358
  • Demography 273
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Eltis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Eltis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Eltis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Eltis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Eltis. David Eltis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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MICHAEL CRATON — Testing the Chains: Resistance to Slavery in the British West Indies.
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ROGER NORMAN BUCKLEY. — Slaves in Red Coats: The British West India Regiments, 1795-1815.
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About David Eltis

David Eltis is a scholar working on Anthropology, Cultural Studies and History and Philosophy of Science, having authored 111 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Colonialism, slavery, and trade (90 papers), Historical Economic and Social Studies (28 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anthropology (1.3k citations), Cultural Studies (358 citations) and Demography (273 citations). David Eltis has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include David Richardson, Stanley L. Engerman, Richard Rathbone, Joseph C. Miller, Lawrence C. Jennings, Frank D. Lewis, Stephen D. Behrendt, David Northrup, David J. Richardson and Herbert S. Klein. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The American Historical Review and Journal of American History.

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