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The Reaper's Garden : Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
Basing his study in Jamaica, Vincent Brown investigates what people thought about death in the world of Atlantic slavery. In his story of a world in flux he shows that death was as generative as it was destructive, and that the Grim Reaper became entwined in the social fabric of the island at the ce...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | The Reaper's Garden : Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery / Vincent Brown |
| Édition : | First Harvard University Press paperback edition. |
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Cambridge, MA, London :
Harvard University Press
, 2010 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (x, 340 p.) |
| Contenu : | 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 |
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Bib. CRHIA (Histoire)
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| Salle de lecture | HAM 511 | Empruntable | Disponible |