Slavery and the Enlightenment in the British Atlantic, 1750-1807 /

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"This book examines the daily details of slave work routines and plantation agriculture in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic, focusing on case studies of large plantations in Barbados, Jamaica, and Virginia. Work was the most important factor in the slaves' experience of the institut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Justin, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
1700-1799
Slavery > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Slavery > Atlantic Ocean Region > History > 18th century.
Enslaved persons > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Great Britain > Colonies.
Esclaves > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Slavery
Slavery > British colonies
Enslaved persons > British colonies
Atlantic Ocean Region
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Clock work : time, quantification, amelioration and the enlightenment
  • Sunup to sundown : agricultural diversity and seasonal patterns of work
  • Lockstep and line : gang work and the division of labor
  • Negotiating sickness : health, work and seasonality
  • Labor and industry : skilled and unskilled work
  • Working lives : occupations and families in the slave community.

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