From the late eighteenth century, the planter class of the British
Caribbean were faced with challenges stemming from revolutions,
war, the rise of abolitionism and social change. By the nineteenth
century, this once powerful group within the British Empire found
itself struggling to influence an increasingly hostile government
in London. By 1807, parliament had voted to abolish the slave
trade: an early episode in a wider drama of decline for New World
plantation economies. This book brings together chapters by a group
of leading scholars to rethink the question of the 'fall of the
planter class', offering a variety of new approaches to the topic,
encompassing economic, political, cultural, and social history and
providing a significant new contribution to our rapidly evolving
understanding of the end of slavery in the British Atlantic empire.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Atlantic
Studies.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
2019 |
First published: |
2017 |
Editors: |
Christer Petley
|
Dimensions: |
246 x 174 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
128 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-02960-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-367-02960-X |
Barcode: |
9780367029609 |
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