Emancipation - The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom

In this sequel to his landmark study, historian Peter Kolchin compares the transition to freedom after American emancipation with the Russian Great Reforms

About the author

Peter Kolchin is the Henry Clay Reed Professor, emeritus, at the University of Delaware. His books include Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom; American Slavery, 1619–1877; and First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama’s Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction. He lives in Newark, DE.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Kolchin, Kolchin Peter
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2024
• EAN: 9780300273663
• ISBN: 978-0-300-27366-3
• No. of pages: 568
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, United States of America, USA, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / Russia / General