Captives: Britain, Empire and the world, 1600-1850 / Linda Colley
London: J. Cape, 2002. 1st Jonathan Cape Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #352280
ISBN: 0224059254
Physical description: xvii, 438 pages: illustrations, maps, portraits; 24 cm. Contents: pt. 1. Mediterranean: Captives and Constraints -- 1. Tangier -- 2. The Crescent and the Sea -- 3. Telling the Tale -- 4. Confronting Islam -- pt. 2. America: Captives and Embarrassments -- 5. Different Americans, Different Britons -- 6. War and a New World -- 7. Revolutions -- pt. 3. India: Captives and Conquest -- 8. Another Passage to India -- 9. The Tiger and the Sword -- Captives in Uniform -- Epilogue: To Afghanistan and Beyond -- App. The Captivity Archive. Subjects: Captivity narratives Great Britain History. British Foreign countries History. Slavery & abolition of slavery.
Price: €14.95