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1. English Urban Life

   1776-1851

   By James Walvin

   The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental changes in their way of life: rapid population growth; and an unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. These...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Slavery Reader

   Edited by Gad Heuman, James Walvin

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   The Slavery Reader brings together the most recent and essential writings on slavery. The focus is on Atlantic slavery – the enforced movement of millions of Africans from their homelands into the Americas, and the complex historical story of slavery in the Americas. Spanning almost five...

   Published June 11th 2003 by Routledge
3. Questioning Slavery

   By James Walvin

   Published November 20th 1996 by Routledge
4. The Life and Times of Henry Clarke of Jamaica, 1828-1907

   By James Walvin

   When Henry Clarke died in 1907 his obituary described him as an Englishman, yet he had only spent the first 19 years of his life in England, the next 60 being spent in Jamaica. He was a teacher, a cleric politician, a businessman, an inventor, and the father of eleven children. He left behind an...

   Published April 30th 1994 by Routledge