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UNINA9910783832903321 |
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Autore |
Walvin James. |
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Titolo |
Questioning slavery / / James Walvin |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-74112-X |
1-134-74113-8 |
0-203-44287-3 |
0-203-27736-8 |
1-280-21810-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (215 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slavery - Great Britain - Colonies - History |
Slave trade - Great Britain - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; FORGING THE LINK: EUROPE, AFRICA AND THE AMERICAS; BUT WHY SLAVERY?; VARIETIES OF LABOUR; DOMINATION AND CONTROL; COLOUR, RACE AND SUBJUGATION; MEN AND WOMEN; THE CULTURE OF RESISTANCE; CULTIVATING INDEPENDENCE; ENDING SLAVERY; FREEDOM AND VARIETIES OF SLAVERY; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Surveying the key questions of slavery, this book traces the arguments which have surrounded its history in recent years. A wide-ranging thematic organisation covers racial, economic, political, social, cultural, gender and colonial dimensions. |
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