Sacred hunger
It is 1752, a time of expanding opportunities and quick profit. But what place is there for business ethics when the commodity in question is human beings? William Kemp is a merchant pinning his last hopes on a slave ship; his son needs a fortune to approach the woman he loves, and his nephew sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved.
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- Full title :Sacred hunger / Barry Unsworth.
Summary
It is 1752, a time of expanding opportunities and quick profit. But what place is there for business ethics when the commodity in question is human beings? William Kemp is a merchant pinning his last hopes on a slave ship; his son needs a fortune to approach the woman he loves, and his nephew sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved.
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- Publication Date:1992.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):H. Hamilton
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1992.
The Physical Object
- Description:629 pages ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780393311143, 0393311147
- oclc:ocn974661465
- LC Classification:PR6071.N8
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