Duncan Money, Jason Xidas

An Analysis of David Brion Davis's The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823

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Produktbeschreibung

Slavery had been accepted in Western culture for centuries. So why did a movement suddenly rise up in the industrial era calling for its abolition? Could it be that people had suddenly become more enlightened and humanitarian? Or were there other, more compelling and perhaps self-serving reasons for this sudden about-turn?

Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 89
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 136mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 98g
• ISBN-13: 9781912128167
• ISBN-10: 1912128160
• Artikelnr.: 48874331

Autorenporträt

Dr Duncan Money holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford, with research focusing on mining in the African Copperbelt. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State in South Africa. Dr Jason Xidias has held positions at King's College London, the University of California, Berkeley, and the New College of the Humanities in London.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways in to the Text Who was David Brion Davis? What does The Problem of
Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 Say? Why does The Problem of
Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 Matter? Section 1: Influences
Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context
Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas
Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module
8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First
Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence
Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text
Works Cited