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Ireland Slavery and Anti-slavery: 1612-1865
Nini Rodgers
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Description for Ireland Slavery and Anti-slavery: 1612-1865
Hardback. This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 671.
This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America.
This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
403
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333770993
SKU
V9780333770993
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Ref
99-15
About Nini Rodgers
NINI RODGERS was born in Northern Ireland in 1940. She attended Queen's University, Belfast, UK and throughout her academic career, as a member of staff in the History department, she taught courses on European overseas expansion and slavery. She has published articles on nineteenth-century British policy in Ethiopia, the impact of black slavery on eighteenth-century Ireland and the development of the ... Read more
Reviews for Ireland Slavery and Anti-slavery: 1612-1865
'Her [Rodgers] perseverance has produced an immensely readable volume, peppered with colourful anecdotes, that vividly describes not merely Ireland's relations with slavery, but the complexity of Irish society itself. It is a wonderful contribution to the commemoration of the bicentenary of the Abolition Act (1807), which will form an invaluable platform for future studies of Ireland and the black Atlantic.' ... Read more