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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783832903321

Autore

Walvin James.

Titolo

Questioning slavery / / James Walvin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-74112-X

1-134-74113-8

0-203-44287-3

0-203-27736-8

1-280-21810-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/62/0942

Soggetti

Slavery - Great Britain - Colonies - History

Slave trade - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.