The Empire of Necessity : Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World / Greg Grandin.
The Empire of Necessity : Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World / Greg Grandin.
The Empire of Necessity : Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World / Greg Grandin.
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
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G 2014/4051
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Fast fish. Hawks abroad ; More liberty ; A lion without a crown ; Body and soul ; A conspiracy of lifting and throwing ; Interlude : I never could look at death without a shudder -- A loose fish. A suitable guide to bliss ; The levelling system ; South Sea dreams ; Interlude : black will always have...
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
Documents an early nineteenth-century event that inspired Herman Melville's "Benito Cereno," tracing the cultural, economic, and religious clash that occurred aboard a distressed Spanish ship of West African pirates.
One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, Captain Amasa Delano, a New England seal hunter, climbed aboard a distressed Spanish ship carrying scores of West Africans who appeared to be slaves. They weren't. Having earlier seized control of the vessel and slaughtered most of the crew, they were staging an elaborate ruse. When Del...
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The Empire of Necessity : Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World / Greg Grandin.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-342) and index.
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G 2014/4051
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74VKv5GRGNN3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv5GRGNN3
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ISBN
0805094539 (hardcover)
9780805094534 (hardcover)
DDC
306.3/6209809034
MMS ID
991021716009702626
