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A civilised savagery : Britain and the new slaveries in Africa, 1884-1926 / / Kevin Grant



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Autore: Grant Kevin <1965-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: A civilised savagery : Britain and the new slaveries in Africa, 1884-1926 / / Kevin Grant Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
Disciplina: 306.3/62/096709034
Soggetto topico: Slavery - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 19th century
Slavery - Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 20th century
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Colonies Africa History 19th century
Great Britain Colonies Africa History 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; A Civilised Savagery; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Humanity and Slavery in All Their Forms; Chapter 2 Bodies and Souls: Evangelicalism and Human Rights in the Congo Reform Campaign, 1884-1913; Chapter 3 ""Chinese Slavery"" in South Africa and Great Britain, 1902-1910; Chapter 4 Calculating Virtue: Cadbury Brothers and Slavery in Portuguese West Africa, 1901-1913; Chapter 5 British Anti-slavery and the Imperial Origins of International Government and Labor Law, 1914-1926; Epilogue; Appendix to Chapter 4; Notes
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Sommario/riassunto: In the two decades before World War One, Great Britain witnessed the largest revival of anti-slavery protest since the legendary age of emancipation in the mid-nineteenth century. Rather than campaigning against the trans-Atlantic slave trade, these latter-day abolitionists focused on the so-called 'new slaveries' of European imperialism in Africa, condemning coercive systems of labor taxation and indentured servitude, as well as evidence of atrocities. A Civilized Savagery illuminates the multifaceted nature of British humanitarianism by juxtaposing campaigns again
Titolo autorizzato: A civilised savagery  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-203-95550-1
1-135-40864-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464257803321
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