David Lambert 
Mastering the Niger [EPUB ebook] 
James MacQueen’s African Geography and the Struggle over Atlantic Slavery

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In Mastering the Niger, David Lambert recalls Scotsman James Mac Queen (1778-1870) and his publication of A New Map of Africa in 1841 to show that Atlantic slavery-as a practice of subjugation, a source of wealth, and a focus of political struggle-was entangled with the production, circulation, and reception of geographical knowledge. The British empire banned the slave trade in 1807 and abolished slavery itself in 1833, creating a need for a new British imperial economy. Without ever setting foot on the continent, Mac Queen took on the task of solving the "Niger problem, " that is, to successfully map the course of the river and its tributaries, and thus breathe life into his scheme for the exploration, colonization, and commercial exploitation of West Africa. Lambert illustrates how Mac Queen s geographical research began, four decades before the publication of the New Map, when he was managing a sugar estate on the West Indian colony of Grenada. There Mac Queen encountered slaves with firsthand knowledge of West Africa, whose accounts would form the basis of his geographical claims. Lambert examines the inspirations and foundations for Mac Queen s geographical theory as well as its reception, arguing that Atlantic slavery and ideas for alternatives to it helped produce geographical knowledge, while geographical discourse informed the struggle over slavery.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9780226078236 ● Casa editrice University of Chicago Press ● Pubblicato 2013 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 4048437 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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