A site where work published by colleagues in the Department of History, University of Southampton, UK, can be found.
Christopher Prior deposited A Brotherhood of Britons? Public Schooling, esprit de corps and Colonial Officials in Africa, c.1900-1939 in the group
University of Southampton Department of History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 4 months agoHistorians have tended to suggest that Britain’s colonial officials demonstrated an esprit de corps, and that this is testament to the efficacy of public schooling in generating social cohesion. Examining Britain’s officials in seven different colonies in sub‐Saharan Africa, this article will argue that differences in working conditions, a…[Read more]
Christer Petley deposited Nelson, the Caribbean, and Visions of the British Atlantic Empire in the group
University of Southampton Department of History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoA twenty minute paper presented to the conference ‘The Royal Navy and the Atlantic World Conference’ organised by the University of Southampton and the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, on 19 June 2014.
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Christer Petley deposited Slaveholders and revolution: the Jamaican planter class, British imperial politics, and the ending of the slave trade, 1775–1807 in the group
University of Southampton Department of History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoThis article re-examines the declining influence of Jamaican sugar planters within the British Empire during the period between the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775 and Parliament’s decision to abolish the slave trade in 1807. Much of the existing scholarship emphasises the consequences of the American Revolutionary War and rise of a…[Read more]
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Christer Petley deposited Plantations and Homes: The Material Culture of the Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaican Elite in the group
University of Southampton Department of History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoThis article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition. The planter class had a huge material investment in plantation slavery, and wealth derived from this allowed it to live ostentatiously and to consume conspicuously. Those who did not migrate away from Jamaica were drawn towards colonial towns,…[Read more]
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Christer Petley deposited Plantations and Homes: The Material Culture of the Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaican Elite in the group
University of Southampton Department of History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoThis article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition. The planter class had a huge material investment in plantation slavery, and wealth derived from this allowed it to live ostentatiously and to consume conspicuously. Those who did not migrate away from Jamaica were drawn towards colonial towns,…[Read more]
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Christer Petley deposited Plantations and Homes: The Material Culture of the Early Nineteenth-Century Jamaican Elite in the group
University of Southampton Department of History on Humanities Commons 1 year, 10 months agoThis article is about the wealth and material culture of the Jamaican elite during the age of abolition. The planter class had a huge material investment in plantation slavery, and wealth derived from this allowed it to live ostentatiously and to consume conspicuously. Those who did not migrate away from Jamaica were drawn towards colonial towns,…[Read more]
