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This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and Nor...

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Main Author: Rodgers, Nini (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Early Modern Europe.
Modern History.
Social History.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.
Civilization > History.
History, Modern.
Human rights.
Social history.
Social justice.
Social sciences.
Europe > History-1492-
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book tackles a hitherto neglected topic by presenting Ireland as very much a part of the Black Atlantic world. It shows how slaves and sugar produced economic and political change in Eighteenth-century Ireland and discusses the role of Irish emigrants in slave societies in the Caribbean and North America.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (V, 403 pages)
ISBN:9780230625228
DOI:10.1057/9780230625228