Descript |
498 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents |
Zones of slave-based development and of slave resistance, c. 1770 -- Slavery and the West. Slavery and human history -- Empires and Plantations. The Spanish conquest: destruction, enslavement and the Baroque ; Mercantile empire and the slave plantation: Brazil leads, the Dutch, English and French refine the formula ; Plantation hierarchy, social order and the Atlantic system -- The Subversive Boom. Slavery and industrialization ; Black aspirations and the 'Picaresque Proletariat' ; The planters back colonial revolt ; From the critique of slavery to the abolitionist movement -- The Haitian Pivot. Haitians claim the rights of man ; Results and prospects I: slave-trade abolition ; Results and prospects II: Latin America -- The Age of Abolition. Abolitionism advances, but slavery is resurgent ; Anti-slavery: its scope, character and appeal ; The keys to emancipation ; The spiral path : ambiguous victories, contested legacies. |
ISBN |
9781844675692 (hbk.) |
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1844675696 (hbk.) |
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