
Slavery, Memory and Identity
National Representations and Global Legacies
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2012
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-84893-225-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first book to explore national representations of slavery in an international comparative perspective. Contributions span a wide geographical range, covering Europe, North America, West and South Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia.
Reviews / Votes
'This multidisciplinary approach is intellectually refreshing and underscores the value of soliciting a range of scholarly perspectives to better understand the complex dynamics of memory and identity formation.' American Historical ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84893-225-8 (9781848932258)
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Douglas Hamilton | Kate Hodgson | Joel Quirk
Slavery, Memory and Identity
National Representations and Global Legacies
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Douglas Hamilton | Kate Hodgson | Joel Quirk
Slavery, Memory and Identity
National Representations and Global Legacies
E-Book
10/2015
1st Edition
Routledge
€69.99
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Douglas Hamilton | Kate Hodgson | Joel Quirk
Slavery, Memory and Identity
National Representations and Global Legacies
E-Book
10/2015
1st Edition
Routledge
€69.99
Available for download
Persons
Douglas Hamilton, Kate Hodgson, Joel Quirk
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: Slavery, Memory and Identity: National Representations and Global Legacies, Douglas Hamilton, Kate Hodgson, Joel Quirk; Chapter 1a The Politics of Blame and European Abolitionist Identities, Kate Hodgson; Chapter 2 From Slave Quarters to Wigwams: Native American Slaveholding and the Debate Over Civilization, Natalie Joy; Chapter 3 For Civilization's Sake: Legal Abolition of Slavery in Nepal and Sierra Leone in a Global Perspective, 1920-30, Sara Elmer, Christine Whyte; Chapter 4 The Heritage of Slavery and Nation Building: A Comparison of South Africa and Mauritius, Anne Eichmann; Chapter 5 Picturing Slavery: The Perils and Promise of Representations of Slavery in the United States, the Bahamas and England, Jim Downs; Chapter 6 'History Must be Re-Written!': Revisionist Ambitions Among West African Slave Descendants, Eric Hahonou, Lotte Pelckmans; Chapter 7 Contrapuntal Memories of Slavery and Abolition in the French-Speaking World, Charles Forsdick; Chapter 8 Public Memory of Slavery in Brazil, Ana Lucia Araujo; Chapter 9 Learning to Remember and Imagine Slavery: The Pedagogies of Museum Field Trips in the Representation of 'Difficult' Histories, Nikki Spalding; Chapter 10 Slavery and Racism as the 'Wrongs' of (European) History: Reflections from a Study on Portuguese Textbooks, Marta Araujo, Silvia Rodriguez Maeso;