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Slavery in Small Things

eBook - Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits
WILEY-BLACKWELL
ISBN/EAN: 9781119166245
Umbreit-Nr.: 4159801

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 288 S., 0.66 MB
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Erschienen am 21.11.2016
Auflage: 1/2016


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  • Zusatztext
    • <p><i>Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits</i> isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects.</p><ul><li>Offers a new and original approach to the history of slavery by an acknowledged expert on the topic</li><li>Traces the relationship between slavery and modern cultural habits through an analysis of commonplace objects that include sugar, tobacco, tea, maps, portraiture, print, and more</li><li>Represents the only study that utilizes common objects to illustrate the cultural impact and legacy of the Atlantic slave trade</li><li>Makes the topic of slavery accessible to a wider public audience</li></ul>
  • Kurztext
    • Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects. Offers a new and original approach to the history of slavery by an acknowledged expert on the topic Traces the relationship between slavery and modern cultural habits through an analysis of commonplace objects that include sugar, tobacco, tea, maps, portraiture, print, and more Represents the only study that utilizes common objects to illustrate the cultural impact and legacy of the Atlantic slave trade Makes the topic of slavery accessible to a wider public audience
  • Autorenportrait
    • <p><b>James Walvin</b> is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Professor Emeritus at the University of York, and formerly a Visiting Fellow at Yale University. His books include<i>Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire,</i> 2E (2001);<i>The Trader, The Owner, The Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery</i> (2007);<i>A Short History of Slavery</i> (2007);<i>Britain's Slave Empire</i> (2008);<i>The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery</i> (2011);<i>The Slave Trade</i> (2011); and<i>Crossings: Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade</i> (2013).</p>