Mastering the Niger : James MacQueen's African geography and the struggle over Atlantic slavery /
In Mastering the Niger, David Lambert recalls Scotsman James MacQueen (1778-1870) and his publication of A New Map of Africa in 1841 to show that Atlantic slavery-as a practice of subjugation, a source of wealth, and a focus of political struggle-was entangled with the production, circulation, and r...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Mastering the Niger
- Sources
- "Mr. Park's book" and the Niger problem
- Keeping account of Atlantic commerce
- Captive knowledge
- Courses
- Credibility and truth making in the Atlantic world
- Surveying Sierra Leone
- Thomas Fowell Buxton and the Niger expedition
- Termination
- Beyond the Niger.