The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery - 1776-1848 New Edition

Zusatztext “A challenge to those who fondly suppose that slavery declined as ideas of Western ‘enlightenment’ spread ... Blackburn deserves praise for undermining complacency about the past—and the present.”—Christopher Hitchens! New York Newsday “Blackburn’s highly intelligent and well-written book is a substantial contribution. In this story the central event is the French Revolution.”—Victor Kiernen! London Review of Books “An incisive synthesis of developments in North America! the Caribbean and Latin America. Blackburn’s book is bold and original.”—Richard Dunn! Times Literary Supplement “One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition to appear in many years.”—Eric Foner! Dissident “The first historian since Eric Williams to present a comprehensive interpretation. But Blackburn! profiting from and admirably synthesizing the vast scholarship produced since Capitalism and Slavery (1944)! is far less rigid and doctrinaire! much more attuned to the workings of politics. Unlike Williams! he includes slavery throughout the Western hemisphere.”—David Brion Davis! New York Review of Books Informationen zum Autor Robin Blackburn teaches at the New School in New York and the University of Essex in the UK. He is the author of many books, including The Making of New World Slavery , The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery , Age Shock , Banking on Death , and The American Crucible . Klappentext "One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition." Eric Foner Zusammenfassung Classic study of slavery and abolition

Product details

• Authors: Robin Blackburn, Blackburn Robin
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.1989
• EAN: 9781844674756
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-475-6
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Verso World History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, C 1700 To C 1800, Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery