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#366297 in Books Grandin Greg 2015-01-13 2015-01-13Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.22 x 27.30 x 5.46l; .0 #File Name: 1250062101400 pagesThe Empire of Necessity Slavery Freedom and Deception in the New World
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful. A wonderful book - Kindle edition bewareBy Patrick PerduGreg Grandin signs here a masterwork; both very well written and extremely well documented; about the structure; effects and history of slavery in the Americas; concentrating on Latin America more than the US.The author starts from the historic slaves rebellion on the slaver ship Tryal described by Hermann Melville in his "Benito Cerreno" and from there pulls all the threads he can.He artfully retraces the path of the slaves involved from their shipment from Africa; through their capture by the French pirate "Citoyen" Mordeille and their sale in South America; their journey through the continent and across the Andes until their rebellion on the Tryal on their way to Lima.Greg Grandin masterly describes Connecticut's Amasa Delano's journey as a sealer; massacring the hapless mammals by the thousands in south pacific islands until his arraignment of the Tryal (I will not spoil the details here).All this bathed in exquisitely depicted cultures; with the philosophical effects of slavery on the various ones he describes - be them in South America; Spain; England; the thirteen colonies or later the United States. He explores for us the influence of the French and Haitian revolutions; the demise of the Spanish control; even to the influence of Islam on some of the salves sent to the Americas or through 770 years of Arabic presence in Spain.This book is a page turner; both a collection of great stories intertwined in a magnificent fresco and a well of culture and philosophy; all written in a very clear and compelling style.Very important to me; Greg Grandin supports all his narrative with extensive notes on his researches in archives on four continents (both Americas; Europe and Africa). This denotes the most serious of analysis - that it remains so pleasant to read testifies to the author's skills.A note about the Kindle edition; which is the one I read.It is hard to jump back and forth between the text and the notes; and I essentially did not because of that fact. The original book also contains interesting illustrations which appear in the Kindle edition; but I have no way to know where they are located in the paper form of the book - in the Kindle edition they are all collated right after the main text - this is quite a pain as they would support the text very well were they be properly placed.All in all; even in the Kindle edition I rate this book a deserved 5 stars.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Empire of Necessity by Greg Grandin is a Great ReadBy MMDC1One of the best history books I've ever read. Reads like a novel. Based on the Herman Melville story "Benito Cereno;" which concerns a rebellion by slaves being shipped to South America in 1804; this work fills in the background; recounting the experiences of the captains; sailors and slaves who were involved before and after the incident and the general conditions existing in merchant shipping in that era. Deals with the slave trade as well as whaling; sealing; sugar; etc. Slavery was certainly a grave crime against humanity; but life was nasty; brutish and very often short for everyone involved in ocean-going commerce. Fortunes could be made but also lost. Shipwrecks. Pirates; etc.; etc. Great reading and a great reality check for people who think life is tough now.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Slave Trade Seen in a New and Penetrating LightBy Jack SullivanThis is a marvelous book about the slave trade in the Americas that expands its horizons virtually worldwide and show the massive extent and value in monetary terms of the practice. Not read anything like it before. The author takes one mutiny by slaves at sea -- made memorable by a book by Meville -- and creates a "world" of greed; pain and some occasion heroism out of it.
