Mastery, Tyranny, And Desire: Thomas Thistlewood And His Slaves In The Anglojamaican World,New Kertes Weaver The Bold Drama Of Job

The Bold Drama Of Job And The Proverbial Wisdom Of Israel All Offer Their Textures To This Great Body Of Biblical Literature

By A Parent To A Child

Cosmopolitan Traveler'S Constantinople To Record The History Of What Was At Once An Imperial Capital

Including One At Montelimar

Mastery, Tyranny, And Desire: Thomas Thistlewood And His Slaves In The Anglojamaican World,New Kertes Weaver The Bold Drama Of JobEighteenthcentury Jamaica, Britain'S Largest And Most Valuable Slaveowning Colony, Relied On A Brutal System Of Slave Management To Maintain Its Tenuous Social Order. Trevor Burnard Provides Unparalleled Insight Into Jamaica'S Vibrant But Harsh African And European Cultures With A Comprehensive Examination Of The Extraordinary Diary Of Plantation Owner Thomas Thistlewood. Thistlewood'S Diary, Kept Over The Course Of Forty Years, Describes In Graphic