British Capitalism and British Slavery, Paperback - Eric Williams

Reducere. Almost seventy years ago, historian and then Trinidadian Prime Minister Eric Williams published his classic Capitalism and Slavery (re-titled for t...

Reducere. Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumula...

Atlantic slave societies were notorious deathtraps. In Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean, Randy M. Browne looks past the familiar numbers ...

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 ...

DescriptionThe collapse in January 2018 of the construction giant Carillion, outsourcer of huge Government building contracts, is one of the great ...

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This book focuses on how Enlightenment ideas shaped plantation management and slave work routines. It shows how work dictated slaves' experiences a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGA DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR For two hundred years, the abolition of slavery in Britain...

From the award-winning author of King Leopold's Ghost, the dramatic story of the men who ignited the first great human rights movementPublisher: Pa...

A classic thriller from the 1960s, reissued for contemporary readers. Featuring gun running in the Malayan jungle, it won the CWA Gold Dagger Award...

Tracing the activities of a single extended family - the Hibberts - this book explores how slavery impacted on the social, cultural, economic and p...

In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the...

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Victoria PerryIllustration(s): 75 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Di...

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Reducere. DescriptionWhen colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid 20 million to slave-owners as compensation: the enslaved receive...

What are the 50 key events you need to understand to grasp British history?

An update of the well-loved course for young learners - now fully in line with the revised Cambridge English: Young Learners tests.

History of British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.

Traces Peter Howard, who was to become one of The Wooden Horse escapers, from his being shot down, through his capture, and first two POW camps. Th...

In this classic British science fiction novel of environmental disaster which was initially published in 1958, the oceans drain through a hole in t...

As the plague spreads from China to Japan, the governments of the rest of the world ready their defences, the elite of Britain looking set to sacri...

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DescriptionA country house weekend in rural Cornwall ends in murder and mayhem for crime-writer sleuth Donald Langham and his wife Maria. "It's tim...

Reducere. "When the author, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was a lad, his country was a British crown colony, and its government offered one univ...

Reducere. The small and remote island of Barbados seems an unlikely location for the epochal change in labor that overwhelmed it and much of British America ...

A country house weekend in rural Cornwall ends in murder and mayhem for crime-writer sleuth Donald Langham and his wife Maria. "It's time to let by...

From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were...

**Winner of the British Fantasy Award 2018 for Best Fantasy Novel**The first in a blistering new trilogy from Jen Williams, acclaimed author of Bri...

This book argues the modern mass transit of ordinary people derives from common conditions in modernising societies and that they were first manife...

Reducere. Change your life in Hospitality forever.In this book, I will show you the way to change your service life forever. I will guide you through the 5 G...

From Roman times to the present day this is the story of Black British history.

An updated edition with new material of the acclaimed re-examination of a shared history, telling the rich and revealing story of the long relation...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Dr. Neil (De Montfort University, UK) CarterNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 15...

Reducere. Trees and Shrubs of British Columbia is the definitive guide to all native and naturalized woody plants in the province. T. Christopher Brayshaw de...

Publisher: British Museum PressIllustration(s): With over 250 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 217 x 217 x...

Full of fascinating facts about all kinds of underwater species, alone with four pages of stickers to add to 11 beautiful scene. Published in assoc...

Reducere. Much fear of sharks is driven by media reports or films that sensationalize shark attacks, despite the rarity of such occurrences. With contributor...

Reducere. An epic adventure--the most brilliant escape and evasion from the Nazis ever written. Eric Williams, a Royal Air Force bomber captain, was shot dow...

British Sign Language (B.S.L.) is the visual gestural language of the Deaf community in Britain and is the first or preferred language of over 70, ...

Originally published in Spanish as La oscuridad y las luces: capitalismo, cultura y revoluciaon by Edhasa in 2010.

This is a fascinating collection of stories exploring the less well-trodden byways of Britain's historic conflicts. "The British at War" uncovers t...

'To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing ... A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [America's] or...

Reducere. Birding and butterfly watching have been popular outdoor activities for decades. Now, dragonfly watching is catching on as a fascinating and enjoya...

Reducere. With more species of fungi than any other region in Canada, British Columbia is a rich playground for mushroom hunters. Now there's Mushrooms of Br...

Publisher: Royal British Columbia MuseumAuthor(s): David NagorsenIllustration(s): colour photosNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

The first substantial study of family correspondence and settler colonialism, Nothing to Write Home About elucidates the significance of trans-impe...

A richly illustrated catalogue accompanying a major British Museum exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo.

Reducere. 1. Who's In Control 3: 14 2. We Are Sound 4: 47 3. Georgie Ray 3: 47 4. Stunde Null 2: 38 5. Mongk II 4: 48 6. Luna 4: 17 7. Baby 5: 46 8. Living I...

Mutual funds are generally considered the go-to solution for getting higher returns on your investments with little to no effort. You just find a f...

This book covers the Paper 3 topic The British experience of warfare c1790-1918 in the Edexcel A level specification for first teaching from Septem...