Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire - Rilegato

Walvin, James

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ISBN 10: 0631229590 ISBN 13: 9780631229599

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2001

Riassunto

The terrible story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America is told with clarity and compassion in this classic history.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

James Walvin is Professor of History at the University of York. He has written widely on slave history and British social history and his recent publications include Questioning Slavery (1996), Making the Black Atlantic (2000), The Slave Trade (1999) and Britains's Slave Empire (2000).

Dalla quarta di copertina:

The brutal story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America is told with clarity and compassion in this classic history. James Walvin explores the experiences which bound together slaves from diverse African backgrounds and explains how slavery transformed the tastes and economy of the Western world.

Although written for readers with no prior knowledge of the subject, Walvins's account is based on detailed scholarship, drawing on a body of work from the USA, the West Indies and Britain. All aspects of African slavery up to 1776 are covered; the situation of women, flight and rebellion, disease and death, the conditions on the slave ships, the abolition campaign and much more. The narrative is enlivened and personalised by frequent reference to individual lives.

For this revised edition, the author has incorporated recent scholarly findings and updated the notes and bibliography in order to keep the book current.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0631229590
• ISBN 13: 9780631229599
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 324