Luster, Robert E.
The Amelioration of the Slaves in the British Empire, 1790-1833

This work examines the origins of Amelioration policy as well as each major reform and how effectively it was carried out in the colonies, comparing Jamaica, Mauritius and the Cape Colony. From this study, historians will be able to learn about the problems of translating eighteenth-century humanitarian concepts into practical policy. This book illustrates a long neglected aspect of European imperial activity: the diffusion of Western culture among Third World peoples. The Amelioration Policy established the methods by which Westernization took place in the European colonial empires. XI,186 Seiten, gebunden (American University Studies. Series IX: History; Vol. 134/Peter Lang Verlag 1995) Mängelexemplar/near mint