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Zusatztext “Blackburn’s book has finally drawn the veil which concealed or made mysterious the history and development of modem society.”—Darcus Howe! Guardian “A magnificent work of contemporary scholarship.”—Eric Foner! The Nation “Sombre! dark and masterly.”—Linda Colley! Independent on Sunday “An exhaustive! powerfully written and compelling book.”—Anthony Pagden! Times Literary Supplement “Extremely well-researched and readable ... . Highly recommended.”—Raymond J. Palin! Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Robin Blackburn is the critically acclaimed author of The Making of New World Slavery , The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery and The American Crucible . He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex and was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He lives in London Klappentext Robin Blackburn traces European doctrines of race and slavery from medieval times to the early modern epoch. Zusammenfassung Tracing European doctrines of race and slavery from medieval times to the early modern epoch! this title argues that independent commerce! geared to burgeoning consumer markets! was the driving force behind the rise of plantation slavery. It examines the deployment of slaves in colonial possessions of the Portuguese! the English and the French.
About the author
Robin Blackburn is the critically acclaimed author of The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery and The American Crucible. He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Essex and was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the New School in New York. He lives in London
