Add to ORKGAt the end of the 1780s a public discourse on the abolition of the slave trade sprang up which surprised not only the opponents of abolition but its supporters as well. As Drescher (1986; 1994) contends, this discourse proceeded from new modes of social and political mobilization. Abolition was actually one of the first manifestation of the social movement as we know it. In such movements- as the abolition case shows- the framing of the cause of a movemen
This article refines our understanding of abolitionism as “the first modern social movement” through...
In the recent evolution of contemporary social movements three phases can be identified. The first p...
For many years, the study of emotions as a means of understanding social movements has been treated ...
Although emotion is increasingly central in theories of social change, the sociology of social movem...
In recent years we have become accustomed to thinking of abolition, and specifically the campaign ag...
The abolition of slavery in Britain and its Atlantic empire was a protracted process that took centu...
Inspired by Kenneth Burke\u27s dramatism, this thesis examined the viability of social movements rhe...
Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution offers a fresh exploration of anti-slavery debat...
The abolition movement did not exist only in the corridors of power. As one of the first mass pol...
The years 1787–88 mark the high tide of popular abolitionism. What had begun as a small-scale protes...
As slavery consolidated itself as a commercial and political institution in the mid-19th century, op...
textabstractSocial movements challenge authorities on behalf of people whose needs and interests are...
We consider the influences on which overseas traders entered the Liverpool slave trade. This phenome...
In the 1830s, antislavery advocates used highly sexualized language to recruit Northerners into the ...
In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves tra...
This article refines our understanding of abolitionism as “the first modern social movement” through...
In the recent evolution of contemporary social movements three phases can be identified. The first p...
For many years, the study of emotions as a means of understanding social movements has been treated ...
Although emotion is increasingly central in theories of social change, the sociology of social movem...
In recent years we have become accustomed to thinking of abolition, and specifically the campaign ag...
The abolition of slavery in Britain and its Atlantic empire was a protracted process that took centu...
Inspired by Kenneth Burke\u27s dramatism, this thesis examined the viability of social movements rhe...
Transatlantic Abolitionism in the Age of Revolution offers a fresh exploration of anti-slavery debat...
The abolition movement did not exist only in the corridors of power. As one of the first mass pol...
The years 1787–88 mark the high tide of popular abolitionism. What had begun as a small-scale protes...
As slavery consolidated itself as a commercial and political institution in the mid-19th century, op...
textabstractSocial movements challenge authorities on behalf of people whose needs and interests are...
We consider the influences on which overseas traders entered the Liverpool slave trade. This phenome...
In the 1830s, antislavery advocates used highly sexualized language to recruit Northerners into the ...
In 1792, 400,000 people put their signature to petitions calling for the abolition of the slaves tra...
This article refines our understanding of abolitionism as “the first modern social movement” through...
In the recent evolution of contemporary social movements three phases can be identified. The first p...
For many years, the study of emotions as a means of understanding social movements has been treated ...