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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics (Jenkins Henry)(Paperback)

In the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This exciting new book explores that transformation by bringing together three leading figures in conversation

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

Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean (Browne Randy M.)(Paperback)

A history of the everyday struggles of slaves in the British colony of BerbiceAtlantic slave societies were notorious deathtraps. In Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean, Randy M. Browne looks past the familiar numbers of life and death and into a human drama in which enslaved Africans and

Devils and Demonology: In the 21st Century (Boyd Katie)(Paperback)

Occultism, exorcism, and demonic entities exist in cultures around the world. Learn what devils and demons are and what you can do to ensure you are never a victim. Study demonic cases and people helped by a demonologist, the history of exorcisms and demonology, and ancient techniques to expel

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,

Black Ivory 2e (Walvin James)(Paperback)

The terrible story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America is told with clarity and compassion in this classic

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,

Indentured Servitude: Unfree Labour and Citizenship in the British Colonies (Suranyi Anna)(Paperback)

Hundreds of thousands of British and Irish men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic during the seventeenth century as indentured servants. Many had agreed to serve for four years, but large numbers had been trafficked or 'spirited away' or were sent forcibly by government agencies as

Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle, and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture (Dodds Pennock Caroline)(Paperback)

The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a comprehensible element of life, this book integrates a fresh interpretation of gender with an

The Wicked Wit of the Royal Family (Dolby Karen)(Pevná vazba)

There is no doubt that the British royal family is the most famous family in the world. Watched and picked over in the media for everything from fashion choices to baby bumps, sports achievements to nightclub preferences, there doesn't seem to be a moment when they can escape public scrutiny. But,

London - Global City of Commerce and Culture (Horne Alastair)(Pevná vazba)

London celebrates the British capital, from its famous landmarks to atmospheric alleyways, from the Shard to London Underground's lost ghost stations, from the parks to the Thames. Presented with captions explaining the story behind each entry, London is a stunning collection of images celebrating

Cultures and Societies in a Changing World (Griswold Wendy)(Paperback)

In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas,

Caribbean Masala: Indian Identity in Guyana and Trinidad (Ramsaran Dave)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2019 Gordon K. & Sybil Lewis Book AwardIn 1833, the abolition of slavery in the British Empire led to the import of exploited South Asian indentured workers in the Caribbean under extreme oppression. Dave Ramsaran and Linden F. Lewis concentrate on the Indian descendants' processes of

Manpower and the Armies of the British Empire in the Two World Wars (Delaney Douglas E.)(Paperback)

In the first and only examination of how the British Empire and Commonwealth sustained its soldiers before, during, and after both world wars, a cast of leading military historians explores how the empire mobilized manpower to recruit workers, care for veterans, and transform factory workers and

Black Bodies, White Gold: Art, Cotton, and Commerce in the Atlantic World (Arabindan-Kesson Anna)(Paperback)

In Black Bodies, White Gold Anna Arabindan-Kesson uses cotton, a commodity central to the slave trade and colonialism, as a focus for new interpretations of the way art, commerce, and colonialism were intertwined in the nineteenth-century Atlantic world. In doing so, Arabindan-Kesson models an art

The Culture of Contentment (Galbraith John Kenneth)(Paperback)

The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class--not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged majority--defend their comfortable status at a cost

She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen - British Women in India (Hickman Katie)(Paperback / softback)

An extraordinary and illuminating book that tells the incredible stories of the first British women to set foot in India - 250 years before the