9780521115254 - The Price of Emancipation: Slave-Ownership, Compensation and British Society at the End of Slavery (Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second ... Studies in Ec... (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: The Price of Emancipation by Nicholas Draper Summary: Studies in Economic History. Slave Ownership, Compensation and British Society at the end of Slavery Author: Nicholas Draper Publisher: Cambridge University Press Year Published: 2010 Edition: 1st Edition Dimensions: 23cm x 15.5cm Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: 9780521115254 Notes: SKU: VSS / 261 / H / 7013 / 5357 Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rubbing, small chips to edging, handling marks, marks Book condition: Near fine Binding: Intact Pages: 401 pages.

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Zustand: New. This book is a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History: Second Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 b/w illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 790. . 2009. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - When colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid £20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved received nothing. Drawing on the records of the Commissioners of Slave Compensation, which represent a complete census of slave-ownership, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the extent and importance of absentee slave-ownership and its impact on British society. Moving away from the historiographical tradition of isolated case studies, it reveals the extent of slave-ownership among metropolitan elites, and identifies concentrations of both rentier and mercantile slave-holders, tracing their influence in local and national politics, in business and in institutions such as the Church. In analysing this permeation of British society by slave-owners and their success in securing compensation from the state, the book challenges conventional narratives of abolitionist Britain and provides a fresh perspective of British society and politics on the eve of the Victorian era.