In the image of God : religion, moral values, and our heritage of slavery
David Brion Davis (Author)
In this broad-ranging book, the preeminent 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 that have shaped his approach to history. He then presents a series of interlocking essays that cover topics including slave resistance, the historical construction of race, and the connections
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392 pages ; 25 cm
9780300088144, 0300088140
46822428
pt. 1. From religion to slavery
Reinhold Niebuhr : an American Jeremiah
Martin Luther King, Jr
Religion and American culture
The other Zion : American Jews and the meritocratic experiment
The slave trade and the Jews
Jews and Blacks in America
pt. 2. Historians of two generations
The rebel : C. Vann Woodward
A tribute to Woodward
Southern comfort : Eugene D. Genovese
pt. 3. Origins
At the heart of slavery
Slaves in Islam
A big business
The triumph of the country
The labyrinth of slavery
The significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The benefit of slavery
Capitalism, abolitionism, and hegemony
pt. 4. The violence of slavery as experienced
The white world of Frederick Douglass
Life and death in slavery
The ends of slavery
White wives and slave mothers
Terror in Mississippi
pt. 5. From the construction of race to the American dilemma and the feminist revolution
Constructing race : a reflection
The culmination of racial polarities and prejudice
The American dilemma
The other revolution
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