| Description |
1 online resource |
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Romantic reconfigurations: studies in literature and culture 1780-1850 |
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Romantic reconfigurations.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Smeathmania; 1 Metamorphosis; 2 Prospects; 3 Residence; 4 Housekeeping; 5 Currency; 6 Doldrums; 7 Antislavery; 8 Prodigal Returns; Conclusion: Legacies; Appendix; 'Proposals for printing by subscription, Voyages and Travels in Africa and the West-Indies, from the Year 1771, to the Year 1779 inclusive. By Henry Smeathman.'; 'Oeconomy of a Slave Ship'; 'Mr Smeathman's Useful hints for those who intend to visit or settle in Africa and other hot Climates' |
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'Some Account of the Termites, which are found in Africa and other hot climates. In a Letter from Mr. Henry Smeathman, of Clement's Inn, to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S.'Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book enriches our understanding of Romanticism and colonialism by telling the story of Henry Smeathman (1742-86), natural historian and sentimental traveller whose extraordinary life in West Africa and the West Indies provides us with vivid, eye-witness accounts of Atlantic slavery, the Middle Passage, and the difficulties of collecting in the tropics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-311) and index |
| Subject |
Smeathman, Henry, -1786.
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| SUBJECT |
Smeathman, Henry, -1786 fast |
| Subject |
Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Natural history -- Africa, West
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Slavery -- Africa, West
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Natural history
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Naturalists
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Slavery
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West Africa
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786948717 |
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1786948710 |
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1789629136 |
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9781789629132 |
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