Emancipation and the remaking of the British Imperial world - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Emancipation and the remaking of the British Imperial world write by Catherine Hall. This book was released on 2015-11-01. Emancipation and the remaking of the British Imperial world available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Empire and Emancipation
Empire and Emancipation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empire and Emancipation write by Jan Nederveen Pieterse. This book was released on 1989-03-24. Empire and Emancipation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this thought provoking study, Pieterse breaks with traditional studies of imperialism to present a more balanced view of history, one that examines the logic of liberation as well as the logic of imperialism. We appear to know more and to think more about domination than about liberation, writes the author in the introduction. Does this indicate that in our general perception history is chiefly made `from above'? By large compelling forces such as imperialism, capitalism, rather than `from below' by social movements? Nederveen Pieterse examines imperialism and power on a world scale from above and from below and offers a theoretically developed study of domination and liberation together as the shaping forces of history. Students and scholars of political science and history will find mpire and Emancipation a source of stimulating ideas. The study begins with a review of the prominent theories of imperialism and emancipation, both political and economic. The book then develops these theoretical perspectives by looking into imperial history. Continuities and discontinuities of imperial history are examined: between the era of the Crusades and later stages, between aristocratic and capitalist aspects, between `race' within Europe and beyond, between the British Empire and United State hegemony. In addition, Nederveen Pieterse examines the role of social movements: labour movements in the western world, the Irish struggle, the struggles of the African diaspora, and the resistance of American Indians. Empire and Emancipation breaks with traditional approaches to imperialism to present a more balanced view of history, which considers the interrelations of empire and emancipation.
Empire & Emancipation
Empire & Emancipation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Empire & Emancipation write by Jan Nederveen Pieterse. This book was released on 1990. Empire & Emancipation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Envoys of abolition
Envoys of abolition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Envoys of abolition write by Mary Wills. This book was released on 2019-11-19. Envoys of abolition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on substantial collections of previously unpublished papers, this book examines personal experiences of British naval officers employed in suppressing the transatlantic slave trade from West Africa in the nineteenth century. It illuminates cultural encounters, the complexities of British abolitionism, and extraordinary military service at sea and in African territories.
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution write by Maxine Berg. This book was released on 2023-05-25. Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson ‘follow the money’ to document in revealing detail the role of slavery in the making of Britain’s industrial revolution. Slavery was not just a source of wealth for a narrow circle of slave owners who built grand country houses and filled them with luxuries. The forces set in motion by the slave and plantation trades seeped into almost every aspect of the economy and society. In textile mills, iron and copper smelting, steam power, and financial institutions, slavery played a crucial part. Things we might think far removed from the taint of slavery, such as eighteenth-century fashions for indigo-patterned cloth, sweet tea, snuff boxes, mahogany furniture, ceramics and silverware, were intimately connected. Even London’s role as a centre for global finance was partly determined by the slave trade as insurance, financial trading and mortgage markets were developed in the City to promote distant and risky investments in enslaved people. The result is a bold and unflinching account of how Britain became a global superpower, and how the legacy of slavery persists. Acknowledging Britain’s role in slavery is not just about toppling statues and renaming streets. We urgently need to come to terms with slavery’s inextricable links with Western capitalism, and the ways in which many of us continue to benefit from slavery to this day.
