Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Liverpool Memorandum-Book; or Gentleman's, Merchant's, and Tradesman's Daily Pocket Book for ... 1753, etc
Author: British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Lancashire Printed Books
Author: Wigan (England). Public Libraries CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society
Author: Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cheshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Includes the Society's proceedings and list of members.
Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution
Author: Maxine BergPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509552707
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson ‘follow the money’ to document in revealing detail the role of slavery in the making of Britain’s industrial revolution. Slavery was not just a source of wealth for a narrow circle of slave owners who built grand country houses and filled them with luxuries. The forces set in motion by the slave and plantation trades seeped into almost every aspect of the economy and society. In textile mills, iron and copper smelting, steam power, and financial institutions, slavery played a crucial part. Things we might think far removed from the taint of slavery, such as eighteenth-century fashions for indigo-patterned cloth, sweet tea, snuff boxes, mahogany furniture, ceramics and silverware, were intimately connected. Even London’s role as a centre for global finance was partly determined by the slave trade as insurance, financial trading and mortgage markets were developed in the City to promote distant and risky investments in enslaved people. The result is a bold and unflinching account of how Britain became a global superpower, and how the legacy of slavery persists. Acknowledging Britain’s role in slavery is not just about toppling statues and renaming streets. We urgently need to come to terms with slavery’s inextricable links with Western capitalism, and the ways in which many of us continue to benefit from slavery to this day.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British LibraryCatalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
English Society in the Eighteenth Century as Influenced from Oversea
Author: Jay Barrett BotsfordPublisher:
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Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900: England, E. B. to Ezzo
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description