Captives, Colonists and Craftspeople: Material Culture and Institutional Power in Malta, 1600-1900

by Russell Palmer

Over the course of four centuries, the island of Malta underwent several significant political transformations, including its roles as a Catholic bastion under the Knights of St. John between 1530 and 1798, and as a British maritime hub in the nineteenth century. This innovative study draws on both archival evidence and archeological findings to compare slavery and coerced labor, resource control, globalization, and other historical phenomena...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789207789
• ISBN13: 9781789207781
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"