The Resource Debating the Slave Trade : Rhetoric of British National Identity, 1759-1815, (electronic book)
Debating the Slave Trade : Rhetoric of British National Identity, 1759-1815, (electronic book)
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The item Debating the Slave Trade : Rhetoric of British National Identity, 1759-1815, (electronic book) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool.
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- Summary
- Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she reads the arguments of pro- and anti-abolitionists as a series of dialogues among diverse groups at the center and peripheries of the empire
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Contents
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- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Chronology of the British Slave Trade and Empire; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Building a Common Vocabulary: The Language of Reform and the Slave-Trade Debates; 2 Converging Arguments in British Resistance: Writing from the Coloniesto Great Britain, 1759-1776; 3 Proliferating Antislavery Arguments and the Creation of an Activist Community, 1772-1789; 4 The Proslavery Rebuttal: Developing New Strategies of Defense, 1770-1789; 5 Whose Victory? Abolition and the Construction of British Identity, 1788-1807; Epilogue Towards an Imperial Briton; Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780754695035
- Label
- Debating the Slave Trade : Rhetoric of British National Identity, 1759-1815
- Title
- Debating the Slave Trade
- Title remainder
- Rhetoric of British National Identity, 1759-1815
- Subject
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- Antislavery movements in literature
- English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric
- English language -- 19th century -- Rhetoric
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Slave trade in literature
- Slavery in literature
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Srividhya Swaminathan examines contemporary books, pamphlets, and literary works to trace the changes in rhetorical strategies utilized by both sides of the abolitionist debate. Suggesting that the debate to abolish the slave trade helped to construct a British national identity and character, she reads the arguments of pro- and anti-abolitionists as a series of dialogues among diverse groups at the center and peripheries of the empire
- Cataloging source
- AU-PeEL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Swaminathan, Srividhya
- Dewey number
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- 326.8/014
- 820.9358
- LC call number
- PR448.S55 S93 2009
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies
- Series volume
- v.v. 2
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements in literature
- English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric
- English language -- 19th century -- Rhetoric
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Slave trade in literature
- Slavery in literature
- Label
- Debating the Slave Trade : Rhetoric of British National Identity, 1759-1815, (electronic book)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Chronology of the British Slave Trade and Empire; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Building a Common Vocabulary: The Language of Reform and the Slave-Trade Debates; 2 Converging Arguments in British Resistance: Writing from the Coloniesto Great Britain, 1759-1776; 3 Proliferating Antislavery Arguments and the Creation of an Activist Community, 1772-1789; 4 The Proslavery Rebuttal: Developing New Strategies of Defense, 1770-1789; 5 Whose Victory? Abolition and the Construction of British Identity, 1788-1807; Epilogue Towards an Imperial Briton; Bibliography
- Index
- Control code
- purchEBL449249
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- There is no limit to the number of simultaneous users but there is a limit of 325 uses (cumulative between all users) in each 12 month period, from the date of purchase. Library staff are alerted when the remaining number of uses is low and will decide whether to buy another copy.Printing is restricted to 20% of the total pages of the ebook, per patron. Copying and pasting is restricted to 5% of the total pages of the ebook, per person. However, printing and copy and paste permissions in excess of this may be granted by some publishers
- Isbn
- 9780754695035
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Debating the Slave Trade : Rhetoric of British National Identity, 1759-1815, (electronic book)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Chronology of the British Slave Trade and Empire; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Building a Common Vocabulary: The Language of Reform and the Slave-Trade Debates; 2 Converging Arguments in British Resistance: Writing from the Coloniesto Great Britain, 1759-1776; 3 Proliferating Antislavery Arguments and the Creation of an Activist Community, 1772-1789; 4 The Proslavery Rebuttal: Developing New Strategies of Defense, 1770-1789; 5 Whose Victory? Abolition and the Construction of British Identity, 1788-1807; Epilogue Towards an Imperial Briton; Bibliography
- Index
- Control code
- purchEBL449249
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (262 p.)
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- There is no limit to the number of simultaneous users but there is a limit of 325 uses (cumulative between all users) in each 12 month period, from the date of purchase. Library staff are alerted when the remaining number of uses is low and will decide whether to buy another copy.Printing is restricted to 20% of the total pages of the ebook, per patron. Copying and pasting is restricted to 5% of the total pages of the ebook, per person. However, printing and copy and paste permissions in excess of this may be granted by some publishers
- Isbn
- 9780754695035
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- Antislavery movements in literature
- English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric
- English language -- 19th century -- Rhetoric
- English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Slave trade in literature
- Slavery in literature
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Member of
- Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies
- Online access with purchase: EBL Ebook Library (Annual limit multiple access)
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