The Empire of Necessity
Author | : Greg Grandin |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780805094534 |
ISBN-13 | : 0805094539 |
Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Empire of Necessity written by Greg Grandin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents an early nineteenth-century event that inspired Herman Melville's "Beneto Cereno," tracing the cultural, economic, and religious clash that occurred aboard a distressed Spanish ship of West African pirates.