In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World (Carney Judith)(Paperback)

In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa's Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World (Carney Judith)(Paperback)

The transatlantic slave trade forced millions of Africans into bondage. Until the early nineteenth century, African slaves came to the Americas in greater numbers than Europeans. In the Shadow of Slavery provides a startling new assessment of the Atlantic slave trade and upends conventional wisdom

Urban Slavery in the Age of Abolition: Volume 28, Part 1 (Fatah-Black Karwan)(Paperback)

When the full abolition of slavery appeared on the political agenda in the Atlantic world, the institutional arrangements that underpinned it changed dramatically. This volume explores how cities were part and parcel of slave societies, and how methods of control as well as routes to emancipation

The Bonds of Family: Slavery, Commerce and Culture in the British Atlantic World (Donington Katie)(Paperback)

Tracing the activities of a single extended family - the Hibberts - this book explores how slavery impacted on the social, cultural, economic and political landscape of Britain. It is both the intimate narrative of a family and an analytical frame through which to explore Britain's history and

Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World (Gerbner Katharine)(Paperback)

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

A Curse upon the Nation: Race, Freedom, and Extermination in America and the Atlantic World (Lewis Kay Wright)(Pevná vazba)

From the inception of slavery as a pillar of the Atlantic World economy, both Europeans and Africans feared their mass extermination by the other in a race war. In the United States, says Kay Wright Lewis, this ingrained dread nourished a preoccupation with slave rebellions and would later help

AIDS in the Shadow of Biomedicine: Inside South Africa's Epidemic (Niehaus Isak)(Paperback)

The Bushbuckridge region of South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. Having first arrived in the area in the early 1990s, the disease spread rapidly, and by 2008 life expectancies had fallen by 12 years for men and 14 years for women. Since 2005, public health

Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic (Morgan Jennifer L.)(Paperback)

In Reckoning with Slavery Jennifer L. Morgan draws on the lived experiences of enslaved African women in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to reveal the contours of early modern notions of trade, race, and commodification in the Black Atlantic. From capture to transport to sale to childbirth,

Lost People: Magic and the Legacy of Slavery in Madagascar (Graeber David)(Paperback)

Betafo, a rural community in central Madagascar, is divided between the descendants of nobles and descendants of slaves. Anthropologist David Graeber arrived for fieldwork at the height of tensions attributed to a disastrous communal ordeal two years earlier. As Graeber uncovers the layers of

Revolutions in the Atlantic World, New Edition: A Comparative History (Klooster Wim)(Paperback)

A new look at a contentious period in the history of the Atlantic world Within just a half century, the American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions transformed the Atlantic world. This book is the first to analyze these events through a comparative lens, revealing several central

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

In the Shadow of the Great War: Surrey, 1914-1922 (Bennett Kirsty)(Paperback)

The First World War claimed over 995,000 British lives, and its legacy continues to be remembered today. Great War Britain: Surrey offers an intimate portrayal of the city and its people living in the shadow of the Great War. A beautifully illustrated and highly accessible volume it explores the

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (Lovejoy Paul E.)(Paperback)

This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. Paul E. Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the enslavement process and the

Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, and the Philosophy of History (Baucom Ian)(Paperback)

In September 1781, the captain of the British slave ship Zong ordered 133 slaves thrown overboard, enabling the ship's owners to file an insurance claim for their lost 'cargo.' Accounts of this horrific event quickly became a staple of abolitionist discourse on both sides of the Atlantic. Ian

Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 16: In the Shadow of the Striker (Clayton David)(Paperback / softback)

Football is Sean's world in In the Shadow of the Striker. He loves playing for his team and supporting City. But why do his parents hate football? And what does it have to do with City's star striker?TreeTops Fiction contains engaging novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety

Botanical Drawing in Color: A Basic Guide to Mastering Realistic Form and Naturalistic Color (Hollender Wendy)(Paperback)

Botanical Drawing In Color offers a thorough immersion into the world of scientifically accurate, three-dimensional, and artistically rendered natural illustration. Whether you're just broaching this unique skill or are already an expert, these step-by-step instructions are an invaluable reference

The Girl in His Shadow (Blake Audrey)(Paperback)

The story of one woman who believed in scientific medicine before the world believed in herRaised by the eccentric surgeon Dr. Horace Croft after losing her parents to a deadly pandemic, the orphan Nora Beady knows little about conventional life. While other young ladies were raised to busy

The Botanist's Sticker Anthology (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Get lost in the beauty of the natural world in this captivating collection of botanical stickers. Page after page is packed with beautiful vintage drawings of ornamental flowers, tropical ferns, and other exotic plants and fungi. Get creative Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand

Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery in the Japanese Military During World War II (Yoshimi Yoshiaki)(Paperback)

Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale

The Totalitarian Legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution (Riley Alexander)(Paperback)

In this collection, world-renowned scholars of Bolshevism and world communism analyze the human costs of the Bolshevik Revolution, its contribution to the spread of totalitarianism, and the responses it inspired among American and Western intellectuals. Together, their essays constitute a profound

The Dragon's Legacy: The Dragon's Legacy Book 1 (Wolf Deborah A.)(Paperback)

Epic fantasy in the tradition of Guy Gavriel Kay and Jacqueline Carey. 'A world of large-scale epic fantasy... This is a rare find and not to be missed.' New York Times bestselling author Barb Hendee. In the heart of the singing desert, the people are fading from the world. Mothers bear few live

Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830 (Elliott J. H.)(Paperback)

In this enthralling account of the entwined histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires in the Americas, distinguished historian J. H. Elliott offers us history on a grand scale. He interweaves the histories of the two great Atlantic civilizations, providing rich insights into both while

The Truth about Modern Slavery (Kenway Emily)(Paperback)

In 2019, over 10,000 possible victims of slavery were found in the UK. From men working in Sports Direct warehouses for barely any pay, to teenaged Vietnamese girls trafficked into small town nail bars, we're told that modern slavery is all around us, operating in plain sight.But is this really

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Smith Clint)(Pevná vazba)

This compelling #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America--and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are