A civilised savagery : Britain and the new slaveries in Africa, 1884-1926 / / Kevin Grant
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| Autore: |
Grant Kevin <1965-, >
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| Titolo: |
A civilised savagery : Britain and the new slaveries in Africa, 1884-1926 / / Kevin Grant
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-203-95550-1 |
| 1-135-40864-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464257803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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