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"""Meticulous and eye-opening. . . . This richly detailed yet approachable history makes clear just how far and wide the grip of slavery reached.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""This single volume, written in clear and energetic prose, covers everything from the beginning of European slaving operations in West Africa at the end of the 15th century to the worldwide wave of anti-racism protests that followed in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020. . . . Its compendious, comprehensive coverage makes it very valuable.""-- ""Post and Courier"" ""Walvin shows that slavery mattered in the past and matters now, in powerful and compelling prose. It is a tour de force.""-- ""Family & Community History"" ""Walvin's beautifully written and compassionate narrative artfully synthesizes modern scholarship on slavery. He successfully decenters the nation-state to show the interconnectedness of the slave trade and the Atlantic economies and to demonstrate slavery's enormous human and environmental effects. . . . Walvin masterfully conveys the tragedy and enormity of his subject without losing details or forgetting his subjects' humanity.""-- ""Library Journal"""

"""Meticulous and eye-opening. . . . This richly detailed yet approachable history makes clear just how far and wide the grip of slavery reached.""-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""This single volume, written in clear and energetic prose, covers everything from the beginning of European slaving operations in West Africa at the end of the 15th century to the worldwide wave of anti-racism protests that followed in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020. . . . Its compendious, comprehensive coverage makes it very valuable.""-- ""Post and Courier"" ""Walvin shows that slavery mattered in the past and matters now, in powerful and compelling prose. It is a tour de force.""-- ""Family & Community History"" ""Walvin's beautifully written and compassionate narrative artfully synthesizes modern scholarship on slavery. He successfully decenters the nation-state to show the interconnectedness of the slave trade and the Atlantic economies and to demonstrate slavery's enormous human and environmental effects. . . . Walvin masterfully conveys the tragedy and enormity of his subject without losing details or forgetting his subjects' humanity.""-- ""Library Journal"" ""A World Transformed is an important new history of Atlantic slavery that should find a wide readership, especially given the growing public interest in the history of slavery.""-- ""New West India Guide"""

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James Walvin is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of York. He has published widely on modern social history and the history of slavery. He has held fellowships in Britain, the United States, Australia, and the Caribbean. In 2008 he was awarded the O.B.E. for his services to scholarship.

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