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Slavery in Small Things


Slavery in Small Things

Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits
1. Aufl.

von: James Walvin

24,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 16.11.2016
ISBN/EAN: 9781119166238
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 288

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<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>
Acknowledgments vii <p>Introduction: Slavery in Western Life 1</p> <p>1 A Sugar Bowl: Sugar and Slavery 11</p> <p>2 Cowrie Shells: Slavery and Global Trade 37</p> <p>3 Tobacco: The Slave Origins of a Global Epidemic 54</p> <p>4 Mahogany: Fashion and Slavery 82</p> <p>5 Stately Homes and Mansions: The Architecture of Slavery 104</p> <p>6 Maps: Revealing Slavery 128</p> <p>7 A Portrait: Pictures in Black and White 151</p> <p>8 The Brooks: Slave Ships 173</p> <p>9 A Book: Slavery and the World of Print 192</p> <p>10 Chains: The Ironware of Slavery 218</p> <p>11 Cotton: Slavery and Industrial Change 239</p> <p>Conclusion 262</p> <p>Index 265</p>
<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>

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