Captives

Informationen zum Autor Linda Colley Klappentext Linda Colley was born in Britain in 1949. She has taught at Cambridge, Yale University and the London School of Economics. She is currently Shelby M. C. Davis 1958 Professor of History at Princeton University. Colley was awarded the CBE in the 2009 New Year Honours. Her previous books include In Defiance of Oligarchy: The Tory Party 1714-1760 and Namier . Zusammenfassung Linda Colley uses these tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters to re-evaluate the character and diversity of the British Empire. She shows how British attitudes to Islam, slavery, race, and American Revolutionaries look different once the captive's perspective is admitted.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Colley
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.09.2003
• EAN: 9780712665285
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-6528-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Series: PIMLICO; Pimlico
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, General & world history, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, General and world history, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery