Legacies of British Slave-Ownership - Colonial Slavery and the Formation of Victorian Britain (Hardcover)

This book re-examines the relationship between Britain and colonial slavery in a crucial period in the birth of modern Britain. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of British slave-owners and mortgagees who received compensation from the state for the end of slavery, and tracing their trajectories in British life, the volume explores the commercial, political, cultural, social, intellectual, physical and imperial legacies of slave-ownership. It transcends conventional divisions in history-writing to provide an integrated account of one powerful way in which Empire came home to Victorian Britain, and to re-assess narratives of West Indian 'decline'. It will be of value to scholars not only of British economic and social history, but also of the histories of the Atlantic world, of the Caribbean and of slavery, as well as to those concerned with the evolution of ideas of race and difference and with the relationship between past and present.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2014
Authors:	Catherine Hall • Nicholas Draper • Keith McClelland • Katie Donington • Rachel Lang
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-04005-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-107-04005-1
Barcode:	9781107040052

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