Slavery and the enlightenment in the British Atlantic, 1750-1807 [electronic resource] / Justin Roberts.

By: Roberts, Justin, 1975-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xiv, 352 p. : illISBN: 9781107348035 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Slavery -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century | Slavery -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- History -- 18th century | Slaves -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century | Enlightenment -- Great Britain -- ColoniesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.3/62094109033 LOC classification: HT1165 | .R63 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Clock work: time, quantification, amelioration and the enlightenment -- Sunup to sudown: agricultural diversity and seasonal patterns of work -- Lockstep and line: gang work and the division of labor -- Negotiating sickness: health, work and seasonality -- Labor and industry: skilled and unskilled work -- Working lives: occupations and families in the slave community.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clock work: time, quantification, amelioration and the enlightenment -- Sunup to sudown: agricultural diversity and seasonal patterns of work -- Lockstep and line: gang work and the division of labor -- Negotiating sickness: health, work and seasonality -- Labor and industry: skilled and unskilled work -- Working lives: occupations and families in the slave community.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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