Captives, Colonists and Craftspeople - Material Culture and Institutional Power in Malta, 16001900

Over the course of four centuries, the island of Malta underwent several significant political transformations, including its roles as a Catholic bastion under the Knights of St. John between 1530 and 1798, and as a British maritime hub in the nineteenth century. This innovative study draws on both archival evidence and archeological findings to compare slavery and coerced labor, resource control, globalization, and other historical phenomena in Malta under the two regimes: one feudal, the other colonial. Spanning conventional divides between the early and late modern eras, Russell Palmer offers here a rich analysis of a Mediterranean island against a background of immense European and global change.

List of contents

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List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Institutional Agents

Chapter 2. Institutional Spaces

Chapter 3. Productive Labour

Chapter 4. Foodways

Chapter 5. Material Routines

Chapter 6. Global Intersections

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Russell Palmer is a Research Fellow in the School of Foreign Studies, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and an affiliated researcher at the Mediterranean Institute, University of Malta. He holds a doctorate in archaeology from Ghent University.

Product details

• Authors: Russell Palmer
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781789207781
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-778-1
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Malta, European History, British Empire, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Archaeology, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Colonial History; Archaeology