Walvin tells a global story that covers everything from the capitalist economy, labor, and the environment, to social culture...... more

short, engaging cultural history, James Walvin offers an explanation. The greatest paradox is that the author of "Amazing...... more

Geoff Walvin shares how his search for spiritual enlightenment on the hippy trail led to a life-changing encounter with...... more

way we remember the infamous Zong today. Historian James Walvin explores all aspects of the Zong’s voyage and the...... more

When Henry Clarke died in 1907 his obituary described him as an Englishman, yet he had only spent th... more

The British role in the shaping of the African diaspora was central: the British carried more Africa... more

every opportunity Dr Walvin brings his material to life with his extensive use of contemporary commentaries. In this lively...... more

The second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a new phenomenon in public monuments and civic o... more

The terrible story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America i... more

The terrible story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America i... more

The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a prominent African in late 18th-century Britain, is quoted, a... more

Surveying the key questions of slavery, this book traces the arguments which have surrounded its his... more

Surveying the key questions of slavery, this book traces the arguments which have surrounded its his... more

The first complete history of a West Indian sugar estate; this is not just the story of a single Jam... more

"First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Robinson"--Title page verso... more

How did sugar grow from prize to pariah? Acclaimed historian James Walvin looks at the history of our collective sweet...... more

In this timely and readable new work, Walvin focuses not on abolitionism or the brutality and suffering of slavery, but...... more

modern life. Walvin s book is the heir to Sidney Mintz s Sweetness and Power, a brilliant sociological account, but now...... more

major country to abolish slavery. James Walvin explores the moral and economic issues slavery raises, examines how it worked...... more

Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-ran... more

Slavery in Small Things: Slavery and Modern Cultural Habits isthe first book to explore the long-ran... more

: Britain and the African Diaspora by James Walvin The Black Handbook: The People, History and Politics of Africa and the...... more

Slavery transformed Africa, Europe and the Americas and hugely-enhanced the well-being of the West b... more

historian James Walvin covers these established territories while also traveling back to the story s origins in Africa and south...... more

In March 1807, within a few weeks of each other, both the United States and the United Kingdom passe... more

way we remember the infamous Zong today. Historian James Walvin explores all aspects of the Zong s voyage and the...... more

James Walvin is an expert guide to the origins, development, eventual abolition, and legacies of the slave trade...... more

In this new and original interpretation of the barbaric world of slavery and of its historic end in ... more

financially more than any of its competitors. James Walvin retells the story of how the international commodity market in slaves...... more

英國皇家文學院院士詹姆斯·沃爾韋恩依據詳實的史料，從貿易史、殖民史、戰爭史及經濟史等維度，闡釋了糖為什麼能從中世紀只有王公貴胄才能享用的奢侈品演化成了日常生活中普通的食材；為什麼糖給人類帶來愉悅的同時... more