Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution offers a fresh exploration of anti-slavery debates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It challenges traditional perceptions of early anti-slavery activity as an entirely parochial British; European or American affair; and instead reframes the abolition movement as a broad international network of activists across a range of metropolitan centres and remote outposts. Interdisciplinary in approach; this book explores the dynamics of transatlantic abolitionism; along with its structure; mechanisms and business methods; and in doing so; highlights the delicate balance that existed between national and international interests in an age of massive political upheaval throughout the Atlantic world. By setting slave trade debates within a wider international context; Professor Oldfield reveals how popular abolitionism emerged as a political force in the 1780s; and how it adapted itself to the tumultuous events of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
#16455351 in Books Annie Wood Besant 2009-03-11Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.99 x .18 x 5.00l; .23 #File Name: 110360384188 pagesReincarnation
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. BAD; writing about reincarnation without writing about karma is half a$$ed...By Andras M. NagyA typical theosophist view; with the jargon and all. It is very short and very much in the style of the old lady HPB (i.e. unreadable); who by the way was a mentor to Bessant. Not a bad book for free - read it online; it is short enough; also terse; peppered with jargon the theosophists so love to use. In chapter what reincarnates? Monad etc. Why just not use English words and tell us; is it the Soul or the Spirit that reincarnates? This book will not inform you much. A far better and more comprehensive study on the subject is by the occult master and yogi Atkinson. REINCARNATION AND THE LAW OF KARMA9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Brilliantly articulated exploration of the elusive mystery of Reincarnation!By GodsparkBesant covers all the bases in this little book on a subject that is timeless and spans all the truth based mystery sects and esoteric religious thought. Especially informative is her section on the objections to reincarnation - quite fascinating all the way around.
