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- Emancipation and the remaking of the British Imperial world
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Manchester University Press
summary
Slavery and the slavery business have cast a long shadow over British history. In 1833, abolition was heralded as evidence of Britain’s claim to be the modern global power. Yet much is still unknown about the significance of the slavery business and emancipation in the formation of modern imperial Britain. This book engages with current work exploring the importance of slavery and slave-ownership in the re-making of the British imperial world after abolition in 1833. The contributors to this collection, drawn from Britain, the Caribbean and Mauritius, include some of the most distinguished writers in the field: Clare Anderson, Robin Blackburn, Heather Cateau, Mary Chamberlain, Chris Evans, Pat Hudson, Richard Huzzey, Zoë Laidlaw, Alison Light, Anita Rupprecht, Verene A. Shepherd, Andrea Stuart and Vijaya Teelock. The impact of slavery and slave-ownership is once again becoming a major area of historical and contemporary concern: this book makes a vital contribution to the subject.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- List of tables
- p. vii
- A note on the front cover
- p. viii
- Notes on contributors
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-16
- Part I. Formations of capital: beyond ‘merchants and planters’
- Part II. From slavery to indenture
- Part III. The imperial state
- Part IV. Public histories, family histories
- 9. Family history: history’s poor relation?
- pp. 175-183
- 10. Writing Sugar in the Blood
- pp. 184-192
- Part V. Reparations, restitution and the historian
Additional Information
ISBN
9781526103017
Related ISBN(s)
9780719091834
MARC Record
OCLC
980850975
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-07
Language
English
Open Access
No