Slavery Hinterland explores a neglected aspect of transatlantic slavery: the implication of a continental European hinterland. It focuses on historical actors in territories that were not directly involved in the traffic inAfricans but linked in various ways with the transatlantic slave business; the plantation economies that it fed and the consequences of its abolition. The volume unearths material entanglements of the Continental and Atlantic economies and also proposes a new agenda for the historical study of the relationship between business and morality. Contributors from the US; Britain and continental Europe examine the ways in which the slave economy touched on individual lives and economic developments in German-speaking Europe; Switzerland; Denmark and Italy. They reveal how these 'hinterlands' served as suppliers of investment; labour and trade goods for the slave trade and of materials for the plantation economies; and how involvement in trade networks contributed in turn to key economic developments in the 'hinterlands'. The chapters range in time from the first; short-lived attempt at establishing a German slave-trading operation in the 1680s to the involvement of textile manufacturers in transatlantic trade in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. A key theme of the volume is the question of conscience; or awareness of being morally implicated in an immoral enterprise. Evidence for subjective understandings of the moral challenge of slavery is found in individual actions and statements and also in post-abolition colonisation and missionary projects.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent review of the war in the East by one who was there.By Photo BugThis is an excellent history of the war in the East by a German foot soldier who later became an officer. It has much detail which really brings life to the story. Well written and of great interest to historians of this period as well as all who have an interest in military history.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Survivor of Eastern FrontBy Robert BryanAnother first-hand account of machine-gunner Hans Sturm while serving on Eastern Front. Very vivid in describing the cruelties experienced as Operation Barbarossa started and ended with a retreat out of Russia. The cold;mud and partisan harassment. Lack of winter gear; and failures of tactical decisions made by Hitler. Suffering endured by the Wehrmacht and subsequent time in Siberia mines after capture by the Russians0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great read!By Michael HerndonAs an avid reader student of the German Army in both world wars; I always enjoy reading personal accounts of soldiers who "Were there";especially German accounts. My only "problem" with the book was that most of Sturm's account takes place "behind the lines". Still a greatread; especially considering there are so comparatively few German accounts (at least in English) of WWII.
