ISBN:
9781848932258
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (232 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Slavery, Memory and Identity : National Representations and Global Legacies
DDC:
306.362
Keywords:
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:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction: Slavery, Memory and Identity: National Representations and Global Legacies; 1 'A Thoroughly National Work': The Politics of Blame and European Abolitionist Identities; 2 From Slave Quarters to Wigwams: Native American Slaveholding and the Debate over Civilization; 3 For Civilization's Sake: Legal Abolition of Slavery in Nepal and Sierra Leone in a Global Perspective, 1920-30; 4 The Heritage of Slavery and Nation Building: A Comparison of South Africa and Mauritius
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Picturing Slavery: The Perils and Promise of Representations of Slavery in the United States, the Bahamas and England6 'History Must be Re-Written!': Revisionist Ambitions among West African Slave Descendants; 7 Contrapuntal Memories of Slavery and Abolition in the French-Speaking World; 8 Public Memory of Slavery in Brazil; 9 Learning to Remember and Imagine Slavery: The Pedagogies of Museum Field Trips in the Representation of 'Difficult' Histories; 10 Slavery and Racism as the 'Wrongs' of (European) History: Reflections from a Study on Portuguese Textbooks; Notes; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
