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Author: Stewart Gordon
Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
Imprint: Pearson
ISBN: 9780205007660
ISBN 10: 020500766
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
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Reviews
The narrative is well written and succinct, two major assets for instructors assigning texts for survey students to read. Students will be drawn to both the topic and its presentation. -Beau Bowers, Central Piedmont Community College It addresses the most important challenge of engaging (students') attention and having them think critically about a vital topic of our history. The narrative is solid and well-organized and it provides added information that they might not find in their standard textbooks...I love the interesting facts, the stories of individuals, and the sources at the end of the chapters. All of these are excellent tools for an instructor to incorporate this text into the reading list for his class. -Salvador Diaz, Santa Rose Junior College This is a nice overview. The emphasis on slavery existing in all cultures but in particular the religious context is valuable...The text uses appropriate vocabulary and has good primary resources for students to comprehend easily. -Marjorie Hunter, Arkansas State University I think it provides a good lens on the expansiveness of slavery, whereas I think most students start and conclude inside the American story about slavery. So, in terms of exposure and knowledge building, this is very good. -Zach Kincaid, Sweet Briar College Overall I enjoyed this work and think that it will be a useful supplemental text for world history courses, or serve as a book for an upper division course focused on the issue of slavery. -Eric Martin, Lewis-Clark State College Overall, this is an admirable project and a pleasure to read. The author highlights aspects of the slave trade about which many students are unfamiliar. The use of primary sources is helpful, as is the goal of taking the discussion into the contemporary era. -Jason Tatlock, Armstrong Atlantic State University
The narrative is well written and succinct, two major assets for instructors assigning texts for survey students to read. Students will be drawn to both the topic and its presentation. -Beau Bowers, Central Piedmont Community College It addresses the most important challenge of engaging (students') attention and having them think critically about a vital topic of our history. The narrative is solid and well-organized and it provides added information that they might not find in their standard textbooks...I love the interesting facts, the stories of individuals, and the sources at the end of the chapters. All of these are excellent tools for an instructor to incorporate this text into the reading list for his class. -Salvador Diaz, Santa Rose Junior College This is a nice overview. The emphasis on slavery existing in all cultures but in particular the religious context is valuable...The text uses appropriate vocabulary and has good primary resources for students to comprehend easily. -Marjorie Hunter, Arkansas State University I think it provides a good lens on the expansiveness of slavery, whereas I think most students start and conclude inside the American story about slavery. So, in terms of exposure and knowledge building, this is very good. -Zach Kincaid, Sweet Briar College Overall I enjoyed this work and think that it will be a useful supplemental text for world history courses, or serve as a book for an upper division course focused on the issue of slavery. -Eric Martin, Lewis-Clark State College Overall, this is an admirable project and a pleasure to read. The author highlights aspects of the slave trade about which many students are unfamiliar. The use of primary sources is helpful, as is the goal of taking the discussion into the contemporary era. -Jason Tatlock, Armstrong Atlantic State University
Author Information
Stewart T. Gordon is a senior research scholar at the University of Michigan. He teaches and conducts research in world history and British empire history with a focus on South Asia. His two most recent books areJute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire (Manchester University Press, 1998) and Journeys to Empire: Enlightenment, Imperialism, and the British Encounter with Tibet 1774-1904 (Cambridge University Press, 2009). He has written articles on a variety of topics for numerous international professional journals including Past & Present, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Histoire Sociale/ Social History, Journal Of Sports History, and History Today. In 2011 Gordon will take up a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship in the United Kingdom.
