Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery

Liverpool and Transatlantic Slavery
Author: David Richardson
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1846310660

As Britain’s dominant port for the slave trade in the eighteenth century, Liverpool is crucial to the study of slavery. And as the engine behind Liverpool’s rapid growth and prosperity, slavery left an indelible mark on the history of the city. This collection of essays, boasting an international roster of leading scholars in the field, sets Liverpool in the wider context of transatlantic slavery. The contributors tackle a range of issues, including African agency, slave merchants and their society, and the abolitionist movement, always with an emphasis on the human impact of slavery.

Sectarian Violence

Sectarian Violence
Author: Frank Neal
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1988
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780719014833

Tides of History

Tides of History
Author: Michael S. Reidy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2009-10-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0226709337

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the British sought to master the physical properties of the oceans; in the second half, they lorded over large portions of the oceans’ outer rim. The dominance of Her Majesty’s navy was due in no small part to collaboration between the British Admiralty, the maritime community, and the scientific elite. Together, they transformed the vast emptiness of the ocean into an ordered and bounded grid. In the process, the modern scientist emerged. Science itself expanded from a limited and local undertaking receiving parsimonious state support to worldwide and relatively well financed research involving a hierarchy of practitioners. Analyzing the economic, political, social, and scientific changes on which the British sailed to power, Tides of History shows how the British Admiralty collaborated closely not only with scholars, such as William Whewell, but also with the maritime community —sailors, local tide table makers, dockyard officials, and harbormasters—in order to systematize knowledge of the world’s oceans, coasts, ports, and estuaries. As Michael S. Reidy points out, Britain’s security and prosperity as a maritime nation depended on its ability to maneuver through the oceans and dominate coasts and channels. The practice of science and the rise of the scientist became inextricably linked to the process of European expansion.

Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ..; 36

Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ..; 36
Author: Historic Society of Lancashire and Ch
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2021-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781013652240

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The Heads of Religious Houses

The Heads of Religious Houses
Author: David M. Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 802
Release: 2001-08-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1139428926

This book is a continuation of The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales 940–1216, edited by Knowles, Brooke and London (1972), continuing the lists from 1216 to 1377, arranged by religious order. An introduction examines critically the sources on which they are based.

Historical Geography: Progress and Prospect

Historical Geography: Progress and Prospect
Author: Michael Pacione
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1135734917

Historical geography has been a major area of activity in recent years. Much of the recent work and research findings have been extremely valuable to historians and archaeologists and as background to the study of contemporary geography. This reissue, first published in 1987, presents an overview of contemporary developments in all the major branches of the discipline. As such it provides a valuable introduction to the subject, a review of the latest state of the art and a pointer to future research directions.

James II and the Three Questions

James II and the Three Questions
Author: Peter Walker
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9783039119271

Through a mixture of edited collections and single-authored volumes, the series aims both to examine how radical diversity has arisen in the religious and political constitution of society and to analyse the implications for the future so as to help ensure the harmonious relations between communities and the best practice of government. Studies in the History of Religious and Political Pluralism evaluate new trends and make available the findings of empirical research.