Slavery: History and Historians

ISBN-13: 9780367317966 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 207 str.

Peter J. Parish

Opis

This study of slavery focuses initially on the drastic revisions in the historical debate on slavery and the present understanding of ?the peculiar institution.? It gives a concise explanation of the nature of American slavery and its impact on the slaves themselves and on Southern society and culture. And it broadens our understanding of the debat

Spis treści

Preface -- The Paradoxical Institution: Complexity and Controversy -- The Making of an Institution -- The Labor of the Slaves -- The Business of Slavery -- The Lives of the Slaves -- Variations, Exceptions, and Comparisons -- Slavery and Southern White Society -- The Death Throes of Slavery -- Bibliographic Essay

O autorze

Peter J. Parish