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  | | The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation(Reprint) by David Brion Davis Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2015 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-307-38969-5, ISBN: 0-307-38969-3 "Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2014With this volume, Davis presents the age of emancipation as a model for reform and as probably the greatest landmark of willed moral progress in human history. Bringing to a close his staggeringly ambitious, prizewinning trilogy on slavery in Western culture Davis offers original and penetrating insights into what slavery and emancipation meant to Americans. He explores how the Haiti ..." |
 | | Inhuman Bondage(1st Edition) The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World by David Brion Davis Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-533944-4, ISBN: 0-19-533944-4 "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 skill, and his rich and powerful prose. Now, in Inhuman Bondage, Davis sums up a lifetime of insight in what Stanley L. Engerman calls "a monumen ..." |
 | | In the Image of God(1st Edition) Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery by David Brion Davis Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2001 by Yale University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-300-08814-4, ISBN: 0-300-08814-0 "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 that have shaped his approach to history. He then presents a series of interlocking essays that cover topics including slave resis ..." |
 | | Slavery and Human Progress(Reprint) (Galaxy Books) by David Brion Davis Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1986 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-503733-3, ISBN: 0-19-503733-2 "Pulitzer Prize-winner David Brion Davis here provides a penetrating survey of slavery and emancipation throughout world history--from ancient times to the 20th century. He demonstrates that slavery, once regarded as a form of human progress, played a crucial part in the expansion of the Western world, and that not until the 18th and 19th centuries did views of slavery as a retrograde institution gain far-reaching acceptance. Illuminatin ..." |
 | | The Fear of Conspiracy(1st Edition) Images of Un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the Present by David Brion Davis, Jane Doe Paperback, 408 Pages, Published 2008 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9113-9, ISBN: 0-8014-9113-4 " 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, documenting two centuries of conspiracy-mongering (1763-1966), highlights the American tendency to search for subversive enemies and to co ..." |
 | | The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation(1st Edition) by David Brion Davis Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2014 by Knopf Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-307-26909-6, ISBN: 0-307-26909-4 "Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2014 Cundill Prize in Historical LiteratureFrom the revered historian, the long-awaited conclusion of the magisterial history of slavery and emancipation in Western culture that has been nearly fifty years in the making. David Brion Davis is one of the foremost historians of the twentieth century, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National B ..." |
 | | The Antislavery Debate(1st Edition) Capitalism and Abolitionism as a Problem in Historical Interpretation by Thomas Bender, John Ashworth, David Brion Davis, Thomas L. Haskell Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1992 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-07779-9, ISBN: 0-520-07779-2 "This volume brings together one of the most provocative debates among historians in recent years. The center of controversy is the emergence of the antislavery movement in the United States and Britain and the relation of capitalism to this development. The essays delve beyond these issues, however, to raise a deeper question of historical interpretation: What are the relations between consciousness, moral action, and social change? The ..." |
 | | From Homicide to Slavery(Reprint) Studies in American Culture by David Brion Davis Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1988 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-505418-7, ISBN: 0-19-505418-0 "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 colonial history, Afro-American history, the social sciences, and American literature. The essays are interconnected by Davis's central concern w ..." |
 | | Antebellum American Culture(Reprint) An Interpretive Anthology by David Brion Davis Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 1997 by Penn State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-271-01646-7, ISBN: 0-271-01646-9 "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 Americans. He places these sources within a clear interpretive narrative that brings the documents to life and highlights themes that social ..." |
 | | Inhuman Bondage(1st Edition) The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World by David Brion Davis Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2006 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-514073-6, ISBN: 0-19-514073-7 "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 skill, and his rich and powerful prose. Now, in Inhuman Bondage, Davis sums up a lifetime of insight in what Stanley L. Engerman calls "a monumen ..." |
 | | The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823(2nd Edition) by David Brion Davis Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512671-6, ISBN: 0-19-512671-8 "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 Culture and the second volume of a proposed trilogy, is a truly monumental work of historical scholarship that first appeared in 1975 to critical a ..." |
 | | The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture(Reprint) (Oxford Paperbacks) by David Brion Davis, David Brion, Yale University Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 1988 by Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-505639-6, ISBN: 0-19-505639-6 "Winner of several national awards including the 1967 Pulitzer Prize, this classic study by David Brion Davis has given new direction to the historical and sociological research of society's attitude towards slavery. Davis depicts the various ways different societies have responded to the intrinsic contradictions of slavery from antiquity to the early 1770's in order to establish the uniqueness of the abolitionists' response. While ..." |
 | | Slavery and Human Progress(1st Edition) by David Brion Davis Hardcover, 374 Pages, Published 1984 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-503439-4, ISBN: 0-19-503439-2 "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 was once regarded as a form of human progress, playing a critical role in the expansion of the western world. It was not until the eighte ..." |
 | | Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823(1st Edition) by David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz Hardcover, 576 Pages, Published 1975 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-0888-5, ISBN: 0-8014-0888-1 "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 Culture and the second volume of a proposed trilogy, is a truly monumental work of historical scholarship that first appeared in 1975 to critical a ..." |
 | | The Boisterous Sea of Liberty(Updated) A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War by David Brion Davis, Steven L. Mintz, Steven Minz, Oxford University Press Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 2000 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511670-0, ISBN: 0-19-511670-4 "In historical writing, there's no substitute for primary sources such as letters and diaries of eyewitnesses and participants. But all too often those sources are handled as minor adjuncts to a text, appearing in truncated form with so little context provided that the immediacy of the material is diluted. The Boisterous Sea of Liberty takes the direct approach of celebrating the primary sources, offering 366 separate documents from colo ..." |
 | | The Boisterous Sea of Liberty(1st Edition) A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War by David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz Hardcover, 608 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511669-4, ISBN: 0-19-511669-0 "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 at American history from the voyages of Columbus through the bloody Civil War, as captured in the words of Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, G ..." |
 | | The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture(6th Edition) by David Brion Davis Hardcover, 505 Pages, Published 1966 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-0101-5, ISBN: 0-8014-0101-1 "Winner of several national awards including the 1967 Pulitzer Prize, this classic study by David Brion Davis has given new direction to the historical and sociological research of society's attitude towards slavery. Davis depicts the various ways different societies have responded to the intrinsic contradictions of slavery from antiquity to the early 1770's in order to establish the uniqueness of the abolitionists' response. While ..." |
 | | Homicide in American Fiction, 1798–1860 A Study in Social Values by David Brion Davis Paperback, 364 Pages, Published 2018 by Cornell University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-2620-0, ISBN: 1-5017-2620-X "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 setting. Homicide in American Fiction, 1798–1860 is the first book to contrast psychological assumptions of imaginative writers with certain social ..." |
 | | Re-Examining the Problem of Slavery in Western Culture by David Brion Davis 19 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-13: 978-1-929545-59-9, ISBN: 1-929545-59-2 |
 | | The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery by David Brion Davis, Richard A. Posner 128 Pages, Published 2009 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-03025-1, ISBN: 0-674-03025-7 "Copyright © 2003 by David Brion Davis all rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2006 Library of Congress ... Challenging the boundaries of slavery / David Brion Davis. p. cm." |
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