Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780618619078ISBN-10:618619070UPC:9780618619078Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Slavery, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 18th CenturyAward:2006 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Runner-Up - Nonfiction AwardSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC8PPY6WS0
Adam Hochschild's Bury the Chains is the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history--the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History
A National Book Award Finalist
A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller
In early 1787, twelve men--a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery--came together in a London printing shop and began the world's first grassroots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due at last.
"Bury the Chains is by far the most readable and rounded account we have of British antislavery, a campaign that...helped to change the world and can be seen as a prototype of the modern social justice movement"--Los Angeles Times Book Review
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History
A National Book Award Finalist
A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller
In early 1787, twelve men--a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery--came together in a London printing shop and began the world's first grassroots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due at last.
"Bury the Chains is by far the most readable and rounded account we have of British antislavery, a campaign that...helped to change the world and can be seen as a prototype of the modern social justice movement"--Los Angeles Times Book Review
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780618619078ISBN-10:618619070UPC:9780618619078Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Slavery, ModernBook Topic:Great Britain, 18th CenturyAward:2006 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Runner-Up - Nonfiction AwardSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC8PPY6WS0
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ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of ten books. King Leopold's Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Publisher: Mariner Books
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🏆 2006 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Runner-Up - Nonfiction Award
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