Category Archives: S&R News and Posts
Slavery, Abolition and Empire
18/11/2014
Listen to podcasts by Christer Petley, interviewed by Christopher Prior, about slavery in the British Empire, the abolition of the slave trade and the ending of slavery. We have created these as part of a wider series in response to the choice of Jeremy Paxman’s book, Empire as the book for a University of Southampton initiative […]
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Anxious Patriarchs
12/08/2014
This post is an expanded version of a comment I made today on the Junto Blog Summer Book Club discussion about Kathleen Brownâs Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, & Anxious Patriarchs. The conversation, led by Joseph Adelman is about the final chapter of the book, on the âanxious patriarchsâ of the eighteenth-century Virginian elite. It got me thinking […]
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Empire’s Crossroads
30/07/2014
The Caribbean is, and has been, a crossroads in human history. It has been a site of convergence – where people have met, fought, exploited one another, and created new cultures. The incorporation of Caribbean colonies into Western European economies created another sort of crossroads in world history, helping to prompt a ‘great divergence’ in which nations […]
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Call for Papers
28/07/2014
The ACH is pleased to receive paper and panel applications for next yearâs conference. Members suggested several themes at this yearâs Annual General Meeting in Martinique. While papers on these ideas are encouraged, applicants are welcome to submit proposals about other subjects or ideas. Click here for full details about the themes and information about how […]
New Look News and Posts
25/07/2014
The S&R site has a new look for news items and blog posts. Watch this space for more updates!
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