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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, David, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.