The reaper's garden : death and power in the world of Atlantic slavery /

"What did people make of death in the world of Atlantic slavery? In The Reaper's Garden, Vincent Brown asks this question about Jamaica, the staggeringly profitable hub of the British Empire in America - and a human catastrophe. Popularly known as the grave of the Europeans, it was just as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Vincent, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Death > Social aspects > Jamaica.
Slavery > Jamaica.
Mort > Aspect social > Jamaïque.
Death > Social aspects
Slavery
Döden > sociala aspekter > historia > Jamaica.
Jamaica
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Death, power, and Atlantic slavery
  • Worlds of wealth and death
  • Last rites and first principles
  • Expectations of the dead
  • Icons, shamans, and martyrs
  • The soul of the British Empire
  • Holy ghosts and eternal salvation
  • Gardens of remembrance
  • Regeneration.

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