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Item Details
Title:
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REAPER''S GARDEN
DEATH AND POWER IN THE WORLD OF ATLANTIC SLAVERY |
By: |
Vincent Brown |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£25.95 |
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ISBN 10: |
0674024222 |
ISBN 13: |
9780674024229 |
Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
8 February, 2008 |
Pages: |
310 |
Description: |
What did people make of death in the world of Atlantic slavery? This book shows that death was as generative as it was destructive - masters and enslaved, fortune seekers and spiritual healers, rebels and rulers, all summoned the dead to further their desires and ambitions. |
Illustrations: |
18 halftones, 4 maps, 2 graphs |
Prizes: |
Joint winner for OAH Merle Curti Award 2009. |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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