City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763-1856 (Nevius Marcus)(Paperback)

City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763-1856 (Nevius Marcus)(Paperback)

City of Refuge is a story of petit marronage, an informal slave's economy, and the construction of internal improvements in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina. The vast wetland was tough terrain that most white Virginians and North Carolinians considered uninhabitable. Perceived

City of Refuge: Slavery and Petit Marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp, 1763-1856 (Nevius Marcus P.)(Pevná vazba)

City of Refuge is a story of petit marronage, an informal slave's economy, and the construction of internal improvements in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina. The vast wetland was tough terrain that most white Virginians and North Carolinians considered uninhabitable. Perceived

Death in the Great Dismal (Kuhns Eleanor)(Paperback)

Finding themselves in a slave community hidden within the Great Dismal Swamp, Will Rees and his wife Lydia get caught up in a dangerous murder case where no one trusts them. September 1800, Maine. Will Rees is beseeched by Tobias, an old friend abducted by slave catchers years before, to travel

Dorohedoro, Vol. 21, 21 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Economics Rules: The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science (Rodrik Dani)(Paperback)

In the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, economics seems anything but a science. In this sharp, masterfully argued book, Dani Rodrik, a leading critic from within, takes a close look at economics to examine when it falls short and when it works, to give a surprisingly upbeat

Gendered Resistance - Women, Slavery, and the Legacy of Margaret Garner(Pevná vazba)

Inspired by the searing story of Margaret Garner, the escaped slave who in 1856 slit her daughter's throat rather than have her forced back into slavery, the essays in this collection focus on historical and contemporary examples of slavery and women's resistance to oppression from the nineteenth

Dorohedoro, Vol. 22, 22 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Dorohedoro, Vol. 11, 11 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as the Hole, a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious experiments in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Dorohedoro, Vol. 6, 6 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

A History of Slavery and Emancipation in Iran, 1800-1929 (Mirzai Behnaz A.)(Paperback)

Slavery in the Middle East is a growing field of study, but the history of slavery in a key country, Iran, has never before been written. This history extends to Africa in the west and India in the east, to Russia and Turkmenistan in the north, and to the Arab states in the south. As the slave

The Trader, the Owner, the Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery (Walvin James)(Paperback)

In thisnew and original interpretation of the barbaric world of slavery and of its historic end in April 1807, the parallellives of three individuals caught up in the enterprise of human enslavementa trader, an owner, and a slaveare examined. John Newton (17251807), best known as the author of

The Global Seven Years War 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest (Baugh Daniel)(Paperback)

Dorohedoro, Vol. 13, 13 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Slavery and the Culture of Taste (Gikandi Simon)(Paperback)

It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste--the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics--existed as separate and unequal domains, unrelated in the spheres of social life. But to the contrary, Slavery and the Culture of Taste demonstrates that

Dorohedoro, Vol. 18, 18 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Dorohedoro, Vol. 9, 9 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Dorohedoro, Vol. 17, 17 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Dorohedoro, Vol. 19, 19 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a

Dorohedoro, Vol. 15, 15 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A blood-spattered battle between diabolical sorcerers and the monsters they created. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found

Believing in South Central: Everyday Islam in the City of Angels (Prickett Pamela J.)(Paperback)

The area of Los Angeles known as South Central is often overshadowed by dismal stereotypes, problematic racial stigmas, and its status as the home to some of the city's poorest and most violent neighborhoods. Amid South Central's shifting demographics and its struggles with poverty, sociologist

Dorohedoro, Vol. 10, Volume 10 (Hayashida Q.)(Paperback)

A blood-spattered battle between diabolical sorcerers and the monsters they created. In a city so dismal it's known only as 'the Hole,' a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious 'experiments' in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean (Horne Gerald)(Paperback)

Chronicles how American culture - deeply rooted in white supremacy, slavery and capitalism - finds its origin story in the 17th century European colonization of Africa and North America, exposing the structural origins of American 'looting'Virtually no part of the modern United States--the economy,

Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece (Forsdyke Sara)(Paperback)

Slavery in ancient Greece was commonplace. In this book Sara Forsdyke uncovers the wide range of experiences of slaves and focuses on their own perspectives, rather than those of their owners, giving a voice to a group that is often rendered silent by the historical record. By reading ancient

A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration (Hahn Steven)(Paperback)

This is the epic story of how African-Americans, in the six decades following slavery, transformed themselves into a political people--an embryonic black nation. As Steven Hahn demonstrates, rural African-Americans were central political actors in the great events of disunion, emancipation, and