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Moral Capital
Christopher L Brown
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Description for Moral Capital
Paperback. Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, this book challenges scholarly arguments that locate the roots of abolitionism in economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism. It instead connects the shift from sentiment to action to changing views of empire and nation in Britain at that time. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, Christopher Leslie Brown challenges prevailing scholarly arguments that locate the roots of abolitionism in economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism. Brown instead connects the shift from sentiment to action to changing views of empire and nation in Britain at the time, particularly the anxieties and dislocations spurred by the American Revolution. The debate over the political rights of the North American colonies pushed slavery to the fore, Brown argues, giving antislavery organizing the moral legitimacy in Britain it had never had before. The first emancipation schemes were dependent ... Read more
Revisiting the origins of the British antislavery movement of the late eighteenth century, Christopher Leslie Brown challenges prevailing scholarly arguments that locate the roots of abolitionism in economic determinism or bourgeois humanitarianism. Brown instead connects the shift from sentiment to action to changing views of empire and nation in Britain at the time, particularly the anxieties and dislocations spurred by the American Revolution. The debate over the political rights of the North American colonies pushed slavery to the fore, Brown argues, giving antislavery organizing the moral legitimacy in Britain it had never had before. The first emancipation schemes were dependent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807856987
SKU
V9780807856987
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About Christopher L Brown
Christopher Leslie Brown is associate professor of history at Rutgers University and coeditor of Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age.
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