Henry Smeathman, the Flycatcher Natural History, Slavery, and Empire in the Late Eighteenth Century |
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| Author:
| Coleman, Deirdre |
| Series title: | Romantic Reconfigurations Studies in Literature and Culture 1780 1850 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78694-053-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2018 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.