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Author

Roberts, Justin, 1975-

Title Slavery and the enlightenment in the British Atlantic, 1750-1807 [electronic resource] / Justin Roberts.

Imprint

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiv, 352 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Clock work: time, quantification, amelioration and the enlightenment -- Sunup to sudown: agricultural diversity and seasonal patterns of work -- Lockstep and line: gang work and the division of labor -- Negotiating sickness: health, work and seasonality -- Labor and industry: skilled and unskilled work -- Working lives: occupations and families in the slave community.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Slavery -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century.
	Slavery -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- History -- 18th century.
	Slaves -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century.
	Enlightenment -- Great Britain -- Colonies.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9781107025851 (hardback)
	9781107348035 (electronic bk.)