Slavery in small things : slavery and modern cultural habits / James Walvin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walvin, James, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--History.

Slavery.

History.

Slavery--Social aspects.

Culture.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

ix, 276 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017.

Summary:

It is now widely accepted that the eleven million African slave who survived the Atlantic crossing helped to transform great swathes of the Americas - but less well known is just how much the African slave trade revolutionized forever the habits and taste of the modern world. Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits explores the history of African slavery and its long term cultural legacy through an analysis of a variety of commonplace objects and commondities. Topics and themes explored include; slavery and the trade of cowrie shells; the role of maps during the slave trade; tea, tubaccos, and sugar in the days of the Atlantic slave trade; the human face of African slavery in portraiture, the impact of the printed word in the undermining slavery; the paradox of slavery in the emergence of a vogue for expensive items such as mahogany furniture; and many more. Illuminating and thought provoking, Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits reveals how slavery was an integral elements in the historical development of Western life - and that its legacy still surrounds us even in the most commonplace of daily objects. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A Sugar Bowl: Sugar and Slavery 11

2 Cowrie Shells: Slavery and Global Trade 37

3 Tobacco: The Slave Origins of a Global Epidemic 54

4 Mahogany: Fashion and Slavery 82

5 Stately Homes and Mansions: The Architecture of Slavery 104

6 Maps: Revealing Slavery 128

7 A Portrait: Pictures in Black and White 151

8 The Brooks: Slave Ships 173

9 A Book: Slavery and the World of Print 192

10 Chains: The Ironware of Slavery 218

11 Cotton: Slavery and Industrial Change 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1119166209

9781119166207

1119166225

9781119166221

OCLC:

973741788