An Analysis of David Brion Davis's The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 (Paperback)

Duncan Money

ISBN 10: 1912128160 / ISBN 13: 9781912128167

Editore: Macat International Limited, London, 2017

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Paperback. How was it possible for opponents of slavery to be so vocal in opposing the practice, when they were so accepting of the economic exploitation of workers in western factories many of which were owned by prominent abolitionists? David Brion Davis's The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823, uses the critical thinking skill of analysis to break down the various arguments that were used to condemn one set of controversial practices, and examine those that were used to defend another. His study allows us to see clear differences in reasoning and to test the assumptions made by each argument in turn. The result is an eye-opening explanation that makes it clear exactly how contemporaries resolved this apparent dichotomy one that allows us to judge whether the opponents of slavery were clear-eyed idealists, or simply deployers of arguments that pandered to their own base economic interests. Slavery had been accepted in Western culture for centuries. So why did a movement suddenly rise up in the industrial era calling for its abolition? Could it be that people had suddenly become more enlightened and humanitarian? Or were there other, more compelling and perhaps self-serving reasons for this sudden about-turn? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: An Analysis of David Brion Davis's The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 (Paperback)
• Editore: Macat International Limited, London
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1912128160
• ISBN 13: 9781912128167
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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How was it possible for opponents of slavery to be so vocal in opposing the practice, when they were so accepting of the economic exploitation of workers in western factories – many of which were owned by prominent abolitionists? David Brion Davis's The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823, uses the critical thinking skill of analysis to break down the various arguments that were used to condemn one set of controversial practices, and examine those that were used to defend another. His study allows us to see clear differences in reasoning and to test the assumptions made by each argument in turn. The result is an eye-opening explanation that makes it clear exactly how contemporaries resolved this apparent dichotomy – one that allows us to judge whether the opponents of slavery were clear-eyed idealists, or simply deployers of arguments that pandered to their own base economic interests.

Informazioni sull?autore

Dr Duncan Money holds a DPhil in History from the University of Oxford, with research focusing on mining in the African Copperbelt. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State in South Africa.

Dr Jason Xidias has held positions at King’s College London, the University of California, Berkeley, and the New College of the Humanities in London.