Linda Colley Captives Britain Empire and the Wor

Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850 Colley Linda Wydawca: Vintage Data wydania: 2003 ISBN: 9780712665285 Liczba stron: 464 Format: 198 x 133 x 42 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: Linda Colley uses these tales of ordinary individuals trapped in extraordinary encounters to re-evaluate the character and diversity of the British Empire. She shows how British attitudes to Islam, slavery, race, and American Revolutionaries look different once the captive s perspective is admitted.