Slavery, Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic - The World of the Lascelles, 1648-1834

Klappentext A study of the British Atlantic World through a case study of the plantation-owning Lascelles. Zusammenfassung A study of the formation of the British Atlantic World from the perspective of Yorkshire aristocratic families who invested in the West Indies from the mid-seventeenth century to the 1830s. S. D. Smith offers a case study of the plantation-owning Lascelles and the networks they created with their associates. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction - remembering and forgetting; 2. Halls and Vassalls; 3. Rise of the Lascelles; 4. Lascelles and Maxwell; 5. The Gedney Clarkes; 6. Merchants and planters; 7. A labyrinth of debt; 8. Managing a West India interest; 9. The enslaved population; 10. Between black and white; 11. Epilogue.

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• Authors: S. D. Smith, S. D. (University of York) Smith, S. Daniel Smith, S.d. Smith, Smith S. D.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521143004
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14300-4
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic; Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, Labour / income economics, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Labour Economics, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, British Isles, Slavery & abolition of slavery, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery and abolition of slavery, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General