Christer Petley (University of Southamp Senior Lecturer in History

Gebundenes Buch

White Fury

A Jamaican Slaveholder and the Age of Revolution

Beschreibung

The story of the struggle over slavery in the British empire -- as told through the rich, expressive, and frequently shocking letters of one of the wealthiest British slaveholders ever to have lived.

Autor

Christer Petley researches and teaches at the University of Southampton. His work has focused mainly on Atlantic history, British imperial history, and the history of slavery and emancipation in the Caribbean. He has published books and articles exploring the history of the Jamaican planter class, transatlantic debates over slavery, and the transformations that reshaped the British empire in the period after the American Revolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780198791638
• ISBN-10: 0198791631
• Artikelnr.: 52528871