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Informationen zum Autor Catherine Hall is Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History at University College London Keith McClelland is a Research Associate on the Legacies of British slave-ownership project, Department of History, University College London Nicholas Draper is a Research Associate in the Department of History, University College London Klappentext Explores the significance of the slavery business and emancipation in the formation of modern imperial Britain Zusammenfassung Explores the significance of the slavery business and emancipation in the formation of modern imperial Britain -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Catherine Hall, Nicholas Draper and Keith McClellandPart I: Formations of capital: beyond 'merchants and planters'1. The scope of accumulation and the reach of moral perception: slavery, market revolution and Atlantic capitalism - Robin Blackburn2. Slavery, the slave trade and economic growth: a contribution to the debate - Pat Hudson3. Slavery and Welsh industry before and after emancipation - Chris EvansPart II: From slavery to indenture4. From slavery to indenture: scripts for slavery's endings - Anita Rupprecht5. Re-examining the labour matrix in the British Caribbean, 1750-1850 - Heather Cateau6. After emancipation: empires and imperial formations - Clare AndersonPart III: The imperial state7. Imperial complicity: indigenous dispossession in British history and history writing - Zoë Laidlaw8. Concepts of liberty: freedom, laissez faire and the state after Britain's abolition of slavery - Richard HuzzeyPart IV: Public histories, family histories9. Family history: history's poor relation? - Alison Light10. Writing Sugar in the Blood - Andrea Stuart11. Legacy and lineage: family histories in the Caribbean - Mary ChamberlainPart V: Reparations, restitution and the historian12. The Mauritius Truth and Justice Commission: 'eyewash', 'storm in a teacup' or promise of a new future for Mauritians? - Vijaya Teelock13. Jamaica and the debate over reparation for slavery: an overview - Verene A. ShepherdIndex...
