Slavery and the Enlightenment in the British Atlantic, 1750-1807

ISBN-13: 9781107680753 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 366 str.

Justin Roberts

Opis

This book focuses on how Enlightenment ideas shaped plantation management and slave work routines.

Recenzje

'There is a great deal that is impressive and worthwhile about this study. The book is based on a wide body of scholarship on labor, political economy, archaeology, and other fields … for scholars and students interested in slave labor in the New World and the Caribbean and North America in particular, this is a valuable text.' Frederick Knight, Agricultural History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Clock work: time, quantification, amelioration, and the Enlightenment; 2. Sunup to sundown: agricultural diversity and seasonal patterns of work; 3. Lockstep and line: gang work and the division of labor; 4. Negotiating sickness: health, work, and seasonality; 5. Labor and industry: skilled and unskilled work; 6. Working lives: occupations and families in the slave community; Conclusion.