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The Holy Sepulchre and the Temple at Jerusalem - Being the Substance of Two Lectures, Delivered in the Royal Institution - Bok av James Fergusson - Hä

Born in Scotland, James Fergusson (1808-86) spent ten years as an indigo planter in India before embarking upon a second career as an architectural historian. This illustrated 1865 work, containing two lectures, presents his controversial views on the location of important religious buildings in Jerusalem.

SEK 376.00

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Rubber and Rubber Planting - Bok av R. H. Lock - Häftad

Originally published in 1913, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of rubber cultivation and the rubber industry. The text was written to appeal to as wide a readership as possible, combining an accurate account of the scientific side of rubber planting with practical information for the prospective planter.

SEK 480.00

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An Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St. Domingo - Bok av Bryan Edwards - Häftad

This 1797 history of the uprising of slaves in the French colony of St Domingo (now Haiti) was written by a West Indian planter, who opposed abolition. He dwells on the atrocities committed by the slaves, but attributes the rebellion to French misrule, from which Britain must learn.

SEK 480.00

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The Proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in Regard to the Maroon Negroes - Bok av The Governor and Assembly of Jamaica - Häftad

A wealthy planter in the West Indies, Bryan Edwards (1743-1800) lived in Jamaica during the peak of its sugar wealth. This 1796 publication relates to the recent conflict between the British and runaway slaves, known as Maroons. Edwards prefaces the various letters and documents with an extended introductory account.

SEK 450.00

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Fatal Self-Deception - Slaveholding Paternalism in the Old South - Bok av Eugene D. Genovese - Häftad

Slaveholders were preoccupied with presenting slavery as a benign, paternalistic institution in which the planter took care of his family and slaves were content with their fate. In this book, Eugene D. Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese discuss how slaveholders perpetuated and rationalized this romanticized version of life on the plantation.

SEK 416.00

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The Holy Sepulchre and the Temple at Jerusalem - Being the Substance of Two Lectures, Delivered in the Royal Institution - Bok av James Fergusson - Hä

Rubber and Rubber Planting - Bok av R. H. Lock - Häftad

An Historical Survey of the French Colony in the Island of St. Domingo - Bok av Bryan Edwards - Häftad

The Proceedings of the Governor and Assembly of Jamaica, in Regard to the Maroon Negroes - Bok av The Governor and Assembly of Jamaica - Häftad

Fatal Self-Deception - Slaveholding Paternalism in the Old South - Bok av Eugene D. Genovese - Häftad

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