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22 produkter
Fear of Conspiracy
Images of Un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the Present
Häftad, 2008
414 kr
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First published by Cornell in 1971, The Fear of Conspiracy brings together eighty-five speeches, documents, and writings—the authors of which range from George Washington to Stokely Carmichael—that illustrate the role played in American history by the fear of conspiracy and subversion. This book, …
Boisterous Sea of Liberty
A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Av Steven Mintz, David Brion Davis
E-bok, 2000
364 kr
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Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles-- The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do. Here is a panoramic look …
Slavery and Human Progress
Häftad, 1986
351 kr
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Pulitzer Prize-winner David Brion Davis here provides a penetrating survey of slavery and emancipation from ancient times to the twentieth century. His trenchant analysis puts the most recent international debates about freedom and human rights into much-needed perspective. Davis shows that slavery …
From Homicide to Slavery
Studies in American Culture
Häftad, 1989
1274 kr
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From Homicide to Slavery, David Brion Davis's first book of collected essays, brings together selections reflecting his wide-ranging interests in colonial history, Afro-American history, the social sciences, and American literature.
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
Häftad, 1989
451 kr
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This classic Pulitzer Prize-winning book depicts the various ways the Old and the New Worlds responded to the intrinsic contradictions of slavery from antiquity to the early 1770s, and considers the religious, literary, and philosophical justifications and condemnations current in the abolition …
The Boisterous Sea of Liberty
A Documentary History of America from Discovery Through the Civil War
Av David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz
Häftad, 2000
519 kr
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This volume explores how Americans experience and understand the central issues, problems, and decisions that shaped American history during the nation's formative period. Rather than reprinting familiar public documents, this work includes many never-before printed personal letters and other texts …
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
Häftad, 1999
787 kr
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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 …
Inhuman Bondage
The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
Häftad, 2008
225 kr
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David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--and he has been universally praised for his prodigious research, his brilliant analytical …
From Homicide to Slavery
Studies in American Culture
E-bok, 1988
793 kr
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For more than twenty years David Brion Davis has been recognized as a leading authority on the moral and ideological responses to slavery in the Western world. From Homicide to Slavery , Davis''s first book of collected essays, brings together selections reflecting his wide-ranging interests in …
Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
E-bok, 1999
537 kr
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David Brion Davis''s books on the history of slavery reflect some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution , the sequel to Davis''s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Problem of Slavery in Western …
Inhuman Bondage
The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
E-bok, 2006
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177 kr
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David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--and he has been universally praised for his prodigious research, his brilliant analytical …
Boisterous Sea of Liberty
A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War
Av Steven Mintz, David Brion Davis
E-bok, 1998
409 kr
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Drawing on a gold mine of primary documents--including letters, diary entries, personal narratives, political speeches, broadsides, trial transcripts, and contemporary newspaper articles-- The Boisterous Sea of Liberty brings the past to life in a way few histories ever do. Here is a panoramic look …
Inhuman Bondage
The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
E-bok, 2006
177 kr
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David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award--including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award--and he has been universally praised for his prodigious research, his brilliant analytical …
Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
E-bok, 1999
604 kr
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David Brion Davis''s books on the history of slavery reflect some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution , the sequel to Davis''s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Problem of Slavery in Western …
Antebellum American Culture
An Interpretive Anthology
Häftad, 1996
471 kr
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First published in 1979, this volume offers students and teachers a unique view of American history prior to the Civil War. Distinguished historian David Brion Davis has chosen a diverse array of primary sources that show the actual concerns, hopes, fears, and understandings of ordinary antebellum …
In the Image of God
Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery
Inbunden, 2001
997 kr
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In this broad-ranging book, the pre-eminent authority on the history of slavery meditates on the origins, experience, and legacy of this “peculiar institution.” David Brion Davis begins with a substantial and highly personal introduction in which he discusses some of the major ideas and individuals …
Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
E-bok, 2014
93 kr
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Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2014 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature From the revered historian, the long-awaited conclusion of the magisterial history of slavery and emancipation in Western culture that has been nearly fifty …
Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery
Häftad, 2006
324 kr
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In this engaging book, David Brion Davis offers an illuminating perspective on American slavery. Starting with a long view across the temporal and spatial boundaries of world slavery, he traces continuities from the ancient world to the era of exploration, with its expanding markets and rise in …
Fear of Conspiracy
Images of Un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the Present
Inbunden, 1971
693 kr
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First published by Cornell in 1971, The Fear of Conspiracy brings together eighty-five speeches, documents, and writings—the authors of which range from George Washington to Stokely Carmichael—that illustrate the role played in American history by the fear of conspiracy and subversion. This book, …
Homicide in American Fiction, 1798–1860
A Study in Social Values
Häftad, 2018
316 kr
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Homicide has many social and psychological implications that vary from culture to culture and which change as people accept new ideas concerning guilt, responsibility, and the causes of crime. A study of attitudes toward homicide is therefore a method of examining social values in a specific …
