Novel constitutions and the making of race: a literary and legal history of slavery in the anglophone atlantic, 1688-1818
Auteur :
Marsh, Sarah
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780197917862
Date de publication :
8 oct. 2026
Dimensions :
2,1 x 15,6 x 23,4 cm
Poids :
582 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Sarah Marsh tells a more accurate story about how racial slavery was invented in the western Atlantic--not as an inevitable by-product of colonial expansion, but as a constitutional project that goes back to seventeenth-century England, focusing on the role of ancient constitutionalism and divine right absolutism.