A World Transformed: Slavery in the Americas and the Origins of Global Power

Author: Professor James Walvin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the heart of the entire Western world for more than three centuries. Arguing that slavery can only be fully understood by stepping back from traditional national histories, this book collects the scattered accounts of the most recent scholarship into a comprehensive history of slavery and its shaping of the world we know. Celebrated historian James Walvin tells a global story that covers...Read more