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Mighty Experiment
Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation
E-bok, 2004
403 kr
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By the mid-eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was considered to be a necessary and stabilizing factor in the capitalist economies of Europe and the expanding Americas. Britain was the most influential power in this system which seemed to have the potential for unbounded growth. In …
Slavery
Av Stanley Engerman, Seymour Drescher m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
828 kr
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This new Reader draws on a range of documentary sources to show the origins, history, and realities of slavery and the slave trade. Exploring the economic, cultural, and political role of slavery, the volume shows the similarities as well as the differences in different times and places. While …
A Historical Guide to World Slavery
Av Drescher, Seymour Drescher m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
2328 kr
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Eminent scholars provide an overview of what we now know about slavery as an institution and way of life in cultures around the globe from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on the virtual explosion of empirical research and theoretical discussion of the subject over the past thirty years, …
Capitalism and Antislavery
British Mobilization in Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 1987
1582 kr
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The age of British abolitionism came into consolidated strength in 1787-88 with the first mass campaign against the slave trade and ended just half a century later in 1838 with a mass petition movement against Negro Apprenticeship. Drescher focuses on this critical fifty-year period, when the …
Mighty Experiment
Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation
E-bok, 2002
453 kr
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By the mid-eighteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade was considered to be a necessary and stabilizing factor in the capitalist economies of Europe and the expanding Americas. Britain was the most influential power in this system which seemed to have the potential for unbounded growth. In …
Capitalism and Antislavery
British Mobilization in Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 1987
1204 kr
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Three hundred years ago Britain was what she is again, a mid-sized island off the coast of Eurasia. Between then and now she became the centre of a world economy. And just midway upon this imperial passage the people of the Empire, free Britons and colonial slaves, secured the destruction of …
Pathways from Slavery
British and Colonial Mobilizations in Global Perspective
Häftad, 2021
725 kr
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Seymour Drescher’s regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically reshaped how we think of the subject of the history of slavery itself. He has discussed the impact of economic and cultural factors on human behaviour and has shown that historical evidence does not lead to …
Abolition
A History of Slavery and Antislavery
Häftad, 2009
389 kr
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In one form or another, slavery has existed throughout the world for millennia. It helped to change the world, and the world transformed the institution. In the 1450s, when Europeans from the small corner of the globe least enmeshed in the institution first interacted with peoples of other …
The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 4, AD 1804-AD 2016
Av David Eltis, Stanley L. Engerman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2616 kr
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Slavery and coerced labor have been among the most ubiquitous of human institutions both in time - from ancient times to the present - and in place, having existed in virtually all geographic areas and societies. This volume covers the period from the independence of Haiti to modern perceptions of …
Abolition
A History of Slavery and Antislavery
Inbunden, 2009
1828 kr
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In one form or another, slavery has existed throughout the world for millennia. It helped to change the world, and the world transformed the institution. In the 1450s, when Europeans from the small corner of the globe least enmeshed in the institution first interacted with peoples of other …
Econocide
British Slavery in the Era of Abolition
Häftad, 2010
457 kr
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In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams's 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain's abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public's mobilization against the slave trade, which …
Econocide
British Slavery in the Era of Abolition
E-bok, 2010
485 kr
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In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams''s 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain''s abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public''s mobilization against the slave trade, …
Meaning Of Freedom
Economics, Politics, and Culture after Slavery
Av Frank McGlynn, Seymour Drescher
Häftad, 1992
767 kr
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In this interdisciplinary study, scholars consider the aftermath of slavery, focusing on Caribbean societies and the southern United States. What was the nature and impact of slave emancipation? Did the change in legal status conceal underlying continuities in American plantation societies? Was …
Political Symbolism in Modern Europe
Essays in Honour of George L.Mosse
Inbunden, 1982
2586 kr
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By collectively concentrating on the theme of political symbolism in modern Europe, the con-tributors to this volume have cho-sen to honor a revered teacher and colleague by developing a set of variations on one of his primary scholarly concerns. The essays deal with familiar domains in the history …
Political Symbolism in Modern Europe
Essays in Honour of George L.Mosse
E-bok, 2020
820 kr
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By collectively concentrating on the theme of political symbolism in modern Europe, the contributors to this volume have chosen to honor a revered teacher and colleague by developing a set of variations on one of his primary scholarly concerns. The essays deal with familiar domains in the history …
Political Symbolism in Modern Europe
Essays in Honour of George L.Mosse
E-bok, 2020
820 kr
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By collectively concentrating on the theme of political symbolism in modern Europe, the contributors to this volume have chosen to honor a revered teacher and colleague by developing a set of variations on one of his primary scholarly concerns. The essays deal with familiar domains in the history …
Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 4, AD 1804-AD 2016
Av David Richardson, Seymour Drescher m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
526 kr
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Slavery and coerced labor have been among the most ubiquitous of human institutions both in time - from ancient times to the present - and in place, having existed in virtually all geographic areas and societies. This volume covers the period from the independence of Haiti to modern perceptions of …
Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 4, AD 1804-AD 2016
Av David Richardson, Seymour Drescher m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
537 kr
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Slavery and coerced labor have been among the most ubiquitous of human institutions both in time - from ancient times to the present - and in place, having existed in virtually all geographic areas and societies. This volume covers the period from the independence of Haiti to modern perceptions of …
Political Symbolism in Modern Europe
Essays in Honour of George L.Mosse
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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By collectively concentrating on the theme of political symbolism in modern Europe, the con-tributors to this volume have cho-sen to honor a revered teacher and colleague by developing a set of variations on one of his primary scholarly concerns. The essays deal with familiar domains in the history …
Pathways from Slavery
British and Colonial Mobilizations in Global Perspective
Inbunden, 2017
2586 kr
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Seymour Drescher’s regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically reshaped how we think of the subject of the history of slavery itself. He has discussed the impact of economic and cultural factors on human behaviour and has shown that historical evidence does not lead to …
Capitalism and Antislavery
British Mobilization in Comparative Perspective
E-bok, 1987
1721 kr
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Three hundred years ago Britain was what she is again, a mid-sized island off the coast of Eurasia. Between then and now she became the centre of a world economy. And just midway upon this imperial passage the people of the Empire, free Britons and colonial slaves, secured the destruction of …
From Slavery to Freedom
Comparative Studies in the Rise and Fall of Atlantic Slavery
E-bok, 1999
1169 kr
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The entries in this volume focus upon the rise and fall of the Atlantic slave system in comparative perspective. The subjects range from the rise of the slave trade in early modern Europe to a comparison of slave trade and the Holocaust of the twentieth century, dealing with both the history and …
Pathways from Slavery
British and Colonial Mobilizations in Global Perspective
E-bok, 2018
856 kr
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Seymour Drescher’s regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically reshaped how we think of the subject of the history of slavery itself. He has discussed the impact of economic and cultural factors on human behaviour and has shown that historical evidence does not lead …
Pathways from Slavery
British and Colonial Mobilizations in Global Perspective
E-bok, 2018
838 kr
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Seymour Drescher’s regular, deeply-thought and carefully nuanced arguments have periodically reshaped how we think of the subject of the history of slavery itself. He has discussed the impact of economic and cultural factors on human behaviour and has shown that historical evidence does not lead …
Econocide
British Slavery in the Era of Abolition
E-bok, 2010
1637 kr
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In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams''s 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain''s abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public''s mobilization against the slave trade, …
Who Abolished Slavery?
Slave Revolts and AbolitionismA Debate with João Pedro Marques
Av Seymour Drescher, Pieter C. Emmer m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
532 kr
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The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the insurgents remain open for discussion. Recently, …
Who Abolished Slavery?
Slave Revolts and AbolitionismA Debate with João Pedro Marques
Av Seymour Drescher, Pieter C. Emmer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1916 kr
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The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the insurgents remain open for discussion. Recently, …
Econocide
British Slavery in the Era of Abolition
E-bok, 2010
485 kr
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In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams''s 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain''s abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public''s mobilization against the slave trade, …
Econocide
British Slavery in the Era of Abolition
E-bok, 2010
2033 kr
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In this classic analysis and refutation of Eric Williams''s 1944 thesis, Seymour Drescher argues that Britain''s abolition of the slave trade in 1807 resulted not from the diminishing value of slavery for Great Britain but instead from the British public''s mobilization against the slave trade, …
