The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 - Brossura

Davis, David Brion

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ISBN 10: 0195126718 ISBN 13: 9780195126716

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press, 1999

Riassunto

The author explores the international impact and social significance of antislavery thought in a critical era of political and industrial revolution. He examines the implications and historical consequences of challenging the long-accepted institution of slavery. The study not only provides a comparative account of early antislavery movements, but also uses the controversies over slavery to analyse shifting attitudes towards labour, social order, political representation, and the authority of law and religion. The focus is on the Anglo-American experience, but Davis makes illuminating comparisons with the history of slavery in France and Latin America. The book also offers portraits of important historical figures, including Thomas Jefferson, Granville Sharp, Bryan Edward, and Moreau de Saint-Mery, and accounts of key groups, movements, and bodies of literature. Through the history of slavery, Davis explores many areas of the social and intellectual history of the revolutionary era, creating a new reading of the entire age.

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Informazioni sull?autore

David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. A former President of the Organization of American Historians, he has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the American Historical Association's Beveridge Award. His most recent book is The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 1998, with Steven Mintz).

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195126718
• ISBN 13: 9780195126716
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 580
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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