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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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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.
Subject
  • Slavery > History
  • Slavery > Social aspects
  • Slavery > Material culture
  • Culture
  • Civilization, Western > African influences
  • Civilization
  • Slavery
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 17-525
JFE 17-4360
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