The Slave Ship: A Human History, Paperback
Descriere
Masterly. Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. Drawing on thirty years of research in maritime archives, court records, diaries, and firsthand accounts, The Slave Ship is riveting and sobering in its revelations, reconstructing in chilling detail a world nearly lost to history: the ""floating dungeons"" at the forefront of the birth of African American culture.""
Despre autor
Marcus Buford Rediker este un istoric, scriitor, profesor și activist social american. A obținut o licență în arte la Universitatea Commonwealth din Virginia în 1976 și a urmat studii de masterat la Universitatea Pennsylvania, unde a obținut o masteră în arte și un doctorat în istorie.