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Slave empire : how slavery built modern Britain / Padraic X. Scanlan.
In intimate, human detail, the chapters show how British imperial power and industrial capitalism were inextricable from plantation slavery. With vivid original research and careful synthesis of innovative historical scholarship, this book shows that British freedom and British slavery were made together.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781472142351
- ISBN: 1472142357
- Physical Description: vii, 448 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: London : Robinson, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-422) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: slavery, freedom and empire -- Blood and sugar: Britain's wars for slavery -- Money, death and secrecy: the plantation -- Haiti, America and the rise of antislavery -- The British conscience and abolition of the slave trade -- Amelioration and rebellion -- Demerara and the antislavery revival -- Emancipation -- Apprenticeship -- Conclusion: slave empire, liberal empire. |
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| Subject: | Slave trade > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Slave trade > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Slave trade > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Slave trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Slavery > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Slavery > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Great Britain > Colonies > Africa. Great Britain > History > 18th century. Great Britain > History > 19th century. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | HT 1161 S33 2020 (Text) | 26040003404916 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
