»Eine unterhaltsame, informative und zugleich erschreckende Globalgeschichte eines wichtigen Stof...

An 'entertaining, informative and utterly depressing global history of an important commodity . ....

For the best part of three centuries the material well-being of the western world was dependent o...

When Henry Clarke died in 1907 his obituary described him as an Englishman, yet he had only spent...

The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. En...

This book traces slavery from classical times to the present. It shows how the enforced movement ...

James Walvin plots the story of black slavery and traces the intellectual and historical argument...

We all know the story of the slave trade--the infamous Middle Passage, the horrifying conditions ...

The British Empire carried more Africans into bondage across the Americas than any other nation. ...

James Walvin is the Emeritus Professor of History at the University of York. He has published wid...

In the three centuries following Columbus's landfall in the Americas, slavery became a critical i...

Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-...