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Author Brown, Vincent, 1967-

Title The reaper's garden [electronic resource] : death and power in the world of Atlantic slavery / Vincent Brown.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 340 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-325) and index.
Contents Death, power, and Atlantic slavery -- Worlds of wealth and death -- Last rites and first principles -- Expectations of the dead -- Icons, shamans, and martyrs -- The soul of the British Empire -- Holy ghosts and eternal salvation -- Gardens of remembrance -- Regeneration.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2010. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Subject Death -- Social aspects -- Jamaica.
Slavery -- Jamaica.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form: Original 0674024222 9780674024229 (DLC)2007025907
Standard No. 2027/heb07795 hdl

 
    
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