An Intimate Economy: Enslaved Women, Work, and America's Domestic Slave Trade, Paperback - Alexandra J. Finley

Reducere. Alexandra Finley adds crucial new dimensions to the boisterous debate over the relationship between slavery and capitalism by placing women's labor...

Reducere. The demand for slave labor increased dramatically in the first decade of the 19th century due to the invention of the cotton gin and the consequent...

This book examines the successful slave revolt aboard the US slave ship Creole during the early 1840s and its consequences. Drawing upon previously...

Reducere. Israel and its American lobby have committed audacious but generally unknown crimes against the United States. The government has long kept files a...

Contributor(s): Author: Marisa J. FuentesIn the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Ma...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the slave trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "It is cert...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the slave trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It has often been said t...

DescriptionWomen, Work, and Autoimmune Disease is a book for women who live with chronic illness, encouraging them to stay employed to preserve the...

Features a variety of secondary-source essays that are carefully edited for both content and length, making this single volume a convenient alterna...

This book looks at the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on Africa and on the lives of enslaved Africans

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1850 Charleston, South Carolina, brutality and cruelty simmer just under the genteel surface of Southern society. Beautiful and heads...

Reducere. This survey is a synthesis of the economic, social, cultural, and political history of the Atlantic slave trade, providing the general reader with ...

Reducere. From the #1 New York Times bestselling ``high priestess of French lady wisdom`` (USA Today) comes every woman's guide to navigating the world of wo...

Choose your hours, choose your work, be your own boss, control your own income. Welcome to the sharing economy, a nebulous collection of online pla...

In the eighteenth century, Bridgetown, Barbados, was heavily populated by both enslaved and free women. Marisa J. Fuentes creates a portrait of urb...

Title: Thoughts upon the African slave trade.Author: John NewtonPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliog...

In the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide has opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a har...

Chick lit: A genre of fiction that often recycles the following plot: Girl in big city desperately searches for Mr. Right in between dieting and sh...

Reducere. In 1850 Charleston, South Carolina, brutality and cruelty simmer just under the genteel surface of Southern society. Beautiful and headstrong Willo...

The overlooked story of how ordinary women and their husbands managed financially in the Victorian era - and why so many struggled despite increasi...

Reducere. "I am a human being; I am a woman; I am a black woman; I am an African. Once I was free; then I was captured and became a slave; but inside me, I h...

Reducere. From Africa to Brazil traces the flows of enslaved Africans from identifiable points in the broad region of Africa called Upper Guinea to Amazonia,...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1850 Charleston, South Carolina, brutality and cruelty simmer just under the genteel surface of Southern society. Beautiful and heads...

Reducere. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In is a massive cultural phenomenon and its title has become an instant catchphrase for empowering women. The book soared to...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Deborah BarndtNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2007Dimensions: 255 x 178 x 27Cover type: Paperback /...

Women, Work, and the Web: How the Web Creates Entrepreneurial Opportunities is by contributors from the United States and Canada sharing how the In...

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been protecting the ocean's ecosystems and marine wildlife for over forty years. ORCAPED...

Reducere. DescriptionSlave Genealogy of the Roulhac Family: French Masters and the Africans They Enslaved By Roy L. Roulhac In Slave Genealogy of the Roulhac...

Reducere. In Madonna: An Intimate Biography, author J. Randy Taraborrelli's scrupulously researched and completely balanced unauthorized biography of one of ...

During its heyday in the 19th century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the US and Brazil. This work tells the story...

Reducere. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work t...

"Why aren't I as wealthy as I should be?" Many people ask this question of themselves all the time. Often they are hard-working, well educated midd...

Examines the key questions behind slavery and the slave trade, from the ancient world to the practice of slavery today. Looks at the driving forces...

Reducere. In 1924, University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were young, rich, and looking for a thrill. The crime that came next--the b...

Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former sla...

Reducere. 20th Anniversary Edition Featuring a New Preface from David Deida Though much has changed in society since the first publication of The Way of the ...

Their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves, making a fascinating and absorbing collection that re...