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"Rough Crossings" is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where many who had served the Crown were betrayed in their promises to receive land at the war's end. Their fate became entwined with British abolitionists: inspirational figures such as Granville Sharp, the flute-playing father-figure of slave freedom, and John Clarkson, the 'Moses' of this great exodus, who accompanied the blacks on their final rough crossing to Africa, wher they hoped that freedom would finally greet them. 'This brilliant book by the leading historian of our times about a subject of great significance will delight professional historians and entrance the reading public. "Rough Crossings" succeeds in all respects. It is a 'tour de force' and a landmark in historical scholarship.' - Trevor Burnard, "Times Higher Education Supplement". '...Schama's gift for plunging us into the very centre of the action, whether in Charleston, London or on the African coast, makes reading an exhilarating experience. ' - Ellen Gibson Wilson, "Daily Telegraph".

États-Unis --- Esclavage --- Noirs --- 1775-1783 (Révolution) --- Angleterre --- Aspect social --- Noirs américains --- Histoire --- 18e siècle

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Pour la première fois, un anthropologue est parvenu à gagner la confiance et l’amitié de vendeurs de drogue de East Harlem. Pendant cinq ans, l’auteur a observé, enregistré, photographié, dans toutes ses facettes, la vie d’une trentaine de dealers portoricains. Il nous livre ici le matériau et le résultat de cette recherche : nous voyons de près, dans ses détails les plus intimes, la vie quotidienne des habitants de ces quartiers à risque : pratiques régulières du crime, du viol, mais aussi force de l’amitié et rêves enfantins de gloire. Ce livre compte une contribution théorique originale et nous aide à comprendre la relation entre la culture, l’économie et le déterminisme social, à repenser la question de la responsabilité individuelle.

Drug traffic --- Crack (Drug) --- Drogues --- Crack (Drogue) --- Social aspects --- Trafic --- Aspect social --- Noirs americains --- Americains d'origine latino-americaine --- Travail noir --- Marginalite --- Usage des drogues --- Conditions sociales --- Hispanic Americans --- African Americans --- Informal sector (Economics) --- Marginality, Social --- Drug use --- Social conditions --- East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) --- Economic conditions --- Crack --- Personnes défavorisées --- Portoricains --- Marginalité --- Économie souterraine --- Trafiquants de drogues --- Américains d'origine latino-américaine --- Drogues et criminalité --- Exclusion sociale --- Anthropologie --- New York (N.Y.) --- Conditions économiques --- Quartier de Harlem --- Personnes socialement défavorisées --- Crack. --- Conditions sociales. --- Conditions économiques. --- Crack (Drug) - New York (State) - New York --- Drug traffic - New York (State) - New York --- Hispanic Americans - Drug use - New York (State) - New York --- Hispanic Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions --- African Americans - Drug use - New York (State) - New York --- Informal sector (Economics) - New York (State) - New York --- Marginality, Social - New York (State) - New York --- East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Economic conditions --- East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) - Social conditions