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The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation And Human Rights
Robin Blackburn
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Description for The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation And Human Rights
Paperback. A landmark history of the rise, abolition, and legacy of slavery in the New World. Num Pages: 520 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 718.
For over three centuries, slavery in the Americas fuelled the growth of capitalism. But the stirrings of a revolutionary age in the late eighteenth century challenged this "peculiar institution" and set the scene for great acts of emancipation in Haiti in 1804, in the United States in the 1860s and Brazil in the 1880s. Blackburn argues that the anti-slavery movement helped forge the political and social ideals we live by today.
For over three centuries, slavery in the Americas fuelled the growth of capitalism. But the stirrings of a revolutionary age in the late eighteenth century challenged this "peculiar institution" and set the scene for great acts of emancipation in Haiti in 1804, in the United States in the 1860s and Brazil in the 1880s. Blackburn argues that the anti-slavery movement helped forge the political and social ideals we live by today.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781681060
SKU
V9781781681060
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99-2
About Robin Blackburn
Robin Blackburn teaches at the University of Essex and is an editor at New Left Review. He is the author of many books, including The American Crucible, The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, Age Shock and Banking on Death.
Reviews for The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation And Human Rights
A marvelous book-insightful and stimulating.
Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester This is a richly scholarly book ... an important contribution to our understanding of the shaping of the modern world.
James Walvin
BBC History Magazine
Poses a challenge for the political future as well as a bold reappraisal of the historical past.
Stephen Howe
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Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester This is a richly scholarly book ... an important contribution to our understanding of the shaping of the modern world.
James Walvin
BBC History Magazine
Poses a challenge for the political future as well as a bold reappraisal of the historical past.
Stephen Howe
... Read more