ISBN:
9781317321972
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (241 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Slavery, Memory and Identity
DDC:
306.362
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This is the first book to explore national representations of slavery in an international comparative perspective. Contributions span a wide geographical range, covering Europe, North America, West and South Africa, the Indian Ocean and Asia
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; 'A Thoroughly National Work'; From Slave Quarters to Wigwams; For Civilization's Sake; The Heritage of Slavery and Nation Building; Picturing Slavery; 'History Must be Re-Written!'; Contraptual Memories of Slavery and Abolition in the French-Speaking World; Public Memory of Slavery in Brazil; Learning to Remember and Imagine Slavery; Slavery and Racism as the 'Wrongs of (European) History; Notes; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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