Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery (Cambridge Essential Histories) by Calvin Schermerhorn
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Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery (Cambridge Essential Histories) By Calvin Schermerhorn
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1107608589
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9781107608580
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First published August 31, 2018
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266
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Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery (Cambridge Essential Histories)
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Calvin Schermerhorn
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In Unrequited Toil A History of United States Slavery Dr Calvin Schermerhorn one of the leading younger historians of enslavement in America provides an up to date narrative while taking into account recent developments in the study of American slavery To have done so in under 250 pages is a remarkable achievement This book synthesizes a new generation of scholarship and deserves a careful reading from both specialists and non specialists alike In particular the book agrees with and advances argument from the new economic historians of slavery in America and war capitalism which has proponents and detractors. Unrequited Toil history search Possibly the only real weakness comes for the need to give a limited number of pages to the development of racial slavery in the context of broader European colonization He also devoted substantial attention to the course of development of sectionalism tensions over the expansion of slavery and perhaps less attention to scholarship regarding the community and families of enslaved African Americans Yet these are both understandable decisions from an author distilling such a wealth of recent scholarship. Book Unrequited toilet paper This book is highly recommended 9781107608580 A heartbreaking and concise coverage of the topic Good intro for those interested in a basic foundation and sources to expand on if interested 9781107608580 This is a solid overview and synthesis of the history of slavery and the major events and concepts that impacted the lives of the enslaved It s clearly written and easy to follow with solid use of sources 9781107608580 It wasn t poorly written or particularly boring but just long Plus I had to read it for school 9781107608580 I read this for school Didn t love it didn t hate it it was fine I learned a lot though 9781107608580
Unrequited Toil: A History of United States Slavery (Cambridge Essential Histories) By Calvin Schermerhorn
1107608589
9781107608580
English
266
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Written as a narrative history of slavery within the United States Unrequited Toil details how an institution that seemed to be disappearing at the end of the American Revolution rose to become the most contested and valuable economic interest in the nation by 1850 Calvin Schermerhorn charts changes in the family lives of enslaved Americans exploring the broader processes of nation building in the United States growth and intensification of national and international markets the institutionalization of chattel slavery and the growing relevance of race in the politics and society of the republic In chapters organized chronologically Schermerhorn argues that American economic development relied upon African Americans social reproduction while simultaneously destroying their intergenerational cultural continuity He explores the personal narratives of enslaved people and develops themes such as politics economics labor literature rebellion and social conditions Unrequited Toil A History of United States Slavery Cambridge Essential Histories Calvin Schermerhorn grew up in Southern Maryland on a landscape in which slavery was hidden Now a historian and professor at Arizona State University researching African American inequality and U.S slavery he works to bring to light that troubled history..