Materializing the Middle Passage: A Historical Archaeology of British Slave Ship

Description: Materializing the Middle Passage by Jane Webster Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Jane Webster develops a pioneering approach to rebuilding British slaving vessels, creating a new archaeology of the Middle Passage. The book also examines multiple sources and accounts, questioning why the African Middle Passage experience remains elusive, even after decades of scholarship dedicated to uncovering it. Publisher Description An estimated 2.7 million Africans made an enforced crossing of the Atlantic on British slave ships between c.1680 and 1807--a journey that has become known as the Middle Passage. This book focuses on the slave ship itself. The slave ship is the largest artefact of the Transatlantic slave trade, but because so few examples of wrecked slaving vessels have been located at sea, it is rarely studied by archaeologists. Materializing the Middle Passage: A HistoricalArchaeology of British Slave Shipping,1680-1807 argues that there are other ways for archaeologists to materialize the slave ship. It employs a pioneering interdisciplinary methodology combining primarydocumentary sources, maritime and terrestrial archaeology, paintings, maritime and ethnographic museum collections, and many other sources to rebuild British slaving vessels and to identify changes to them over time. The book then goes on to consider the reception of the slave ship and its trade goods in coastal West Africa, and details the range, and uses, of the many African resources (including ivory, gold, and live animals) entering Britain on returning slave ships.The third section of the book focuses on the Middle Passage experiences of both captives and crews and argues that greater attention needs to be paid to the coping mechanisms through which Africanssurvived, yet also challenged, their captive passage. Finally, Jane Webster asks why the African Middle Passage experience remains so elusive, even after decades of scholarship dedicated to uncovering it. She considers when, how, and why the crossing was remembered by saltwater captives in the Caribbean and North America. The marriage of words and things attempted in this richly illustrated book is underpinned throughout by a theoretical perspective combiningcreolization and postcolonial theory, and by a central focus on the materiality of the slave ship and its regimes. Author Biography Jane Webster is Senior Lecturer in Historical Archaeology at Newcastle University. She received her PhD from Edinburgh University in 1991 and from 1992-1999 taught at the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester, before moving to Newcastle in 2004. In between University posts, Jane was awarded a Caird Senior Research Fellowship at the National Maritime Museum in 2001; Materializing the Middle Passageoriginated there. Details ISBN 019921459X ISBN-13 9780199214594 Title Materializing the Middle Passage Author Jane Webster Format Hardcover Year 2023 Pages 544 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:159145734; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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