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Debating the slave trade : rhetoric of British national identity, 1759-1815 /
Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2009.
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| Colección: | Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she reads the arguments of pro- and anti-abolitionists as a series of dialogues among diverse groups at the center and peripheries of the empire. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages) : illustrations, plans |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754695035 0754695034 1282261266 9781282261266 9786612261268 6612261269 |