Slavery in Small Things
Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits
1st Edition
Published on 13. January 2017
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-119-16620-7 (ISBN)
Description
Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects.
Offers a new and original approach to the history of slavery by an acknowledged expert on the topic
Traces the relationship between slavery and modern cultural habits through an analysis of commonplace objects that include sugar, tobacco, tea, maps, portraiture, print, and more
Represents the only study that utilizes common objects to illustrate the cultural impact and legacy of the Atlantic slave trade
Makes the topic of slavery accessible to a wider public audience
Offers a new and original approach to the history of slavery by an acknowledged expert on the topic
Traces the relationship between slavery and modern cultural habits through an analysis of commonplace objects that include sugar, tobacco, tea, maps, portraiture, print, and more
Represents the only study that utilizes common objects to illustrate the cultural impact and legacy of the Atlantic slave trade
Makes the topic of slavery accessible to a wider public audience
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-16620-7 (9781119166207)
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Person
James Walvin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Professor Emeritus at the University of York, and formerly a Visiting Fellow at Yale University. His books include Black Ivory: Slavery in the British Empire, 2E (2001); The Trader, The Owner, The Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery (2007); A Short History of Slavery (2007); Britain's Slave Empire (2008); The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery (2011); The Slave Trade (2011); and Crossings: Africa, the Americas and the Atlantic Slave Trade (2013).
Content
Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Slavery in Western Life 1
1 A Sugar Bowl: Sugar and Slavery 11
2 Cowrie Shells: Slavery and Global Trade 37
3 Tobacco: The Slave Origins of a Global Epidemic 54
4 Mahogany: Fashion and Slavery 82
5 Stately Homes and Mansions: The Architecture of Slavery 104
6 Maps: Revealing Slavery 128
7 A Portrait: Pictures in Black and White 151
8 The Brooks: Slave Ships 173
9 A Book: Slavery and the World of Print 192
10 Chains: The Ironware of Slavery 218
11 Cotton: Slavery and Industrial Change 239
Conclusion 262
Index 265
1 A Sugar Bowl: Sugar and Slavery 11
2 Cowrie Shells: Slavery and Global Trade 37
3 Tobacco: The Slave Origins of a Global Epidemic 54
4 Mahogany: Fashion and Slavery 82
5 Stately Homes and Mansions: The Architecture of Slavery 104
6 Maps: Revealing Slavery 128
7 A Portrait: Pictures in Black and White 151
8 The Brooks: Slave Ships 173
9 A Book: Slavery and the World of Print 192
10 Chains: The Ironware of Slavery 218
11 Cotton: Slavery and Industrial Change 239
Conclusion 262
Index 265