Ronnie Scott, jazzman and creator of the eponymous Soho nightclub, died in his flat at Christmas 1996. His had been a colourful, extraordinary and often troubled life, marked by a life-long battle with depression. This biography focuses on the man behind the legend to reveal the real Ronnie Scott.

A Fine Kind of Madness: Ronnie Scott Remembered

Rebecca Scott

Mary Scott

Pauline Scudamore

Religion & Spirituality

Headline

Deviant Hollers

Zane McNeill

The University Press of Kentucky

In May 1888 the Brazilian parliament passed, and Princess Isabel (acting for her father, Emperor Pedro II) signed, the lei aurea, or Golden Law, providing for the total abolition of slavery. Brazil thereby became the last “civilized nation” to part with slavery as a legal institution. The freeing of slaves in Brazil, as in other countries, may not have fulfilled all the hopes for improvement it engendered, but the final act of abolition is certainly one of the defining landmarks of Brazilian history. The articles presented here represent a broad scope of scholarly inquiry that covers developments across a wide canvas of Brazilian history and accentuates the importance of formal abolition as a watershed in that nation’s development.

The Abolition of Slavery and the Aftermath of Emancipation in Brazil

History

Robert M. Levine

George Reid Andrews

Seymour Drescher

Americas

Duke University Press Books

Streat

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