Biography and the black Atlantic / edited by Lisa A. Lindsay and John Wood Sweet.
| Other author | Lindsay, Lisa A. |
| Other author | Sweet, John Wood, 1966- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, |
| Description | vi, 370 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early modern Americas Early modern Americas. ^A1093065 |
| Contents | Introduction : biography and the black Atlantic / Lisa A. Lindsay and John Wood Sweet -- A historical appreciation of the biographical turn / Joseph C. Miller -- Understanding the slave experience in West Africa / Martin Klein -- Robinson Charley : the ideological underpinnings of Atlantic history / Sheryl Kroen -- Black pearls : writing black Atlantic women's biography / Jon Sensbach -- Recovered lives as a window into the enslaved family / Cassandra Pybus -- From slave to wealthy African freedman : the story of Manoel Joaquim Ricardo / Joäao Josâe Reis -- David Dorr's journey toward selfhood in Europe / Lloyd S. Kramer -- Methodology in the making and reception of Equiano / Vincent Carretta -- Remembering his country marks : a Nigerian American family and its "African" ancestor / Lisa A. Lindsay -- The Atlantic transformations of Francisco Menâendez / Jane Landers -- Echoes of the Atlantic : Benguela (Angola) and Brazilian independence / Roquinaldo Ferreira -- Rosalie of the Poulard nation : freedom, law, and dignity in the era of the Haitian revolution / Rebecca Scott and Jean-Michel Hâebrard -- Afterword / James T. Campbell. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-351) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013012708 |
| ISBN | 9780812245462 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0812245466 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |