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Slavery in small things : slavery and modern cultural habits
- Title
- Slavery in small things : slavery and modern cultural habits / James Walvin.
- Author
- Walvin, James
- Publication
- Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 17-525 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-4360 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- ix, 276 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Slavery in small things: slavery and modern cultural habits isthe first book to explore the long-range cultural legacy of slavery through commonplace daily objects. Offers a new and original approach to the history of slavery by an acknowledged expert on the topic Traces the relationship between slavery and modern cultural habits through an analysis of commonplace objects that include sugar, tobacco, tea, maps, portraiture, print, and more.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A sugar bowl: sugar and slavery -- Cowrie shells: slavery and global trade -- Tobacco: the slave origins of a global epidemic -- Mahogany: fashion and slavery -- Stately homes and mansions: the architecture of slavery -- Maps: revealing slavery -- A portrait: pictures in black and white -- The Brooks: slave ships -- A book: slavery and the world of print -- Chains: the ironware of slavery -- Cotton: slavery and industrial change.
- Call Number
- Sc E 17-525
- ISBN
- 1119166209
- 9781119166207
- 1119166225
- 9781119166221
- OCLC
- 973741788
- Author
- Walvin, James, author.
- Title
- Slavery in small things : slavery and modern cultural habits / James Walvin.
- Publisher
- Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 17-525JFE 17-4360