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SLAVERY AND THE BRITISH COUNTRY HOUSE
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Madge Dresser (Editor), Andrew Hann (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1848020643 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781848020641 |
| Publisher: |
HISTORIC ENGLAND |
| Pub. date: |
15 July, 2013 |
| Pages: |
208 |
| Description: |
This is the first scholarly publication to focus on British country houses, their owners and their links to the slave trade in all its forms. |
| Synopsis: |
There are few things more emblematic of England's heritage than the great country houses which grace our landscape. But such properties are not to be viewed simply as objects of architectural and curatorial or artistic interest. They are also expressions of wealth, power and privilege and, as new questions are being asked of England's historic role in the Atlantic world, and in particular about slavery, new connections are being unearthed between the nation's great houses and its colonial past. In 2007 English Heritage commissioned initial research into links with transatlantic slavery or its abolition amongst families who owned properties now in its care. This was part of the commitment by English Heritage to commemorate the bicentenary of the abolition of the British transatlantic slave trade with work that would make a real difference to our understanding of the historic environment in the longer term. The research findings and those of other scholars and heritage practitioners were presented at the 'Slavery and the British Country House' conference which brought together academics, heritage professionals, country house owners and community researchers from across Britain to explore how country houses might be reconsidered in the light of their slavery linkages and how such links have been and might be presented to visitors. Since then the conference papers have been updated and reworked into a cutting edge volume which represents the most current and comprehensive consideration of slavery and the British country house as yet undertaken. English Heritage is proud to be publishing work on which historians, educators and heritage professionals can all build to develop new understandings of this challenging and important part of our national story. |
| Illustrations: |
120 Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Historic England |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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