Abolitionism and Imperialism in Britain, Africa, and the Atlantic (Hardcover)

The abolition of the slave trade is normally understood to be the singular achievement of eighteenth-century British liberalism. "Abolitionism and Imperialism in Britain, Africa, and the Atlantic" expands both the temporal and the geographic framework in which the history of abolitionism is conceived. Abolitionism was a theater in which a variety of actors--slaves, African rulers, Caribbean planters, working-class radicals, British evangelicals, African political entrepreneurs--played a part. The Atlantic was an echo chamber, in which abolitionist symbols, ideas, and evidence were generated from a variety of vantage points. These
essays highlight the range of political and moral projects in which the advocates of abolitionism were engaged, and in so doing it joins together geographies that are normally studied in isolation. Where empires are often understood to involve the government of one people over another, "Abolitionism and Imperialism" shows that British values were formed, debated, and remade in the space of empire. Africans were not simply objects of British liberals' benevolence. They played an active role in shaping, and extending, the values that Britain now regards as part of its national character. This book is therefore a contribution to the larger scholarship about the nature of modern empires.

General

Imprint:	Ohio University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cambridge Centre of African Studies Series
Release date:	2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Derek R. Peterson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-8214-1901-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation Books > History > African history > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-8214-1901-3
Barcode:	9780821419014

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