Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism

by Catherine Hall

Why does Edward Long's History of Jamaica matter? Written in 1774, Long's History, that most 'civilised' of documents, attempted to define White and Black as essentially different and unequal. Long deployed natural history and social theory, carefully mapping the island, and drawing on poetry and engravings, in his efforts to establish a clear and fixed racialized hierarchy. His White family sat at the heart of Jamaican planter society and the West...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009098853
• ISBN13: 9781009098854
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"