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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: James A. Rawley , Stephen D. BehrendtPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.692kg ISBN: 9780803227972ISBN 10: 0803227973 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 01 July 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis first-rate new study discusses the size and profitability of the slave business, the people who engaged in it, and its consequences in European and American history. New Yorker [The Transatlantic Slave Trade] corrects many misconceptions and stereotypes. It is of great value as a compendium of information about the European side of the trade and as a synthesis of recent scholarly work on the subject... Intelligent and persuasive. New York Times Book Review A work of substance that will serve as a general reference for some time. Journal of American History ... a very useful addition to the growing series of general studies of transatlantic slavery. --HISTORY, January 2007 This first-rate new study discusses the size and profitability of the slave business, the people who engaged in it, and its consequences in European and American history. -New Yorker| [The Transatlantic Slave Trade] corrects many misconceptions and stereotypes. It is of great value as a compendium of information about the European side of the trade and as a synthesis of recent scholarly work on the subject... Intelligent and persuasive. -New York Times Book Review| A work of substance that will serve as a general reference for some time. -Journal of American History| Useful for the historian looking for a synthesis and overview of the literature... A valuable source book for anyone interested in the slave trade, and it is an often fascinating account. -The Complete Review Author InformationJames A. Rawley (1916–2005) was Carl Adolph Happold Professor of History, emeritus, at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He is the author of several books, including Turning Points of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting For, both available in Bison Books editions. Stephen D. Behrendt is a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington. He has coauthored a data archive of 27,233 slave voyages, The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Database on CD-ROM. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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