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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swaminathan, Srividhya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
Colección:Ashgate series in nineteenth-century transatlantic studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages) : illustrations, plans
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780754695035
0754695034
1282261266
9781282261266
9786612261268
6612261269