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1 online resource (x, 325 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Thomas Bender -- Part 1. Problem of slavery in the age of revolution, 1770-1823 / David Brion Davis. 1. What the abolitionists were up against -- 2. Quaker ethic and the antislavery international -- 3. Preservation of English liberty, I -- Part 2. AHR debate. 4. Capitalism and the origins of the humanitarian sensibility, part 1 / Thomas L. Haskell -- 5 Capitalism and the origins of the humanitarian sensibility, part 2 / Thomas L. Haskell -- 6. Reflections on abolitionism and ideological hegemony / David Brion Davis -- 7. Relationship between capitalism and humanitarianism / John Ashworth -- 8. Contention and hegemonic interest in the debate over antislavery : a reply to Davis and Ashworth / Thomas L. Haskell -- Part 3. Debate continued. 9. Capitalism, class, and antislavery / John Ashworth -- 10. Perils of doing history by ahistorical abstraction : a reply to Thomas L. Haskell's AHR forum reply / David Brion Davis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Antislavery movements.
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Antislavery movements. |
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Antislavery movements -- United States.
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United States. |
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Capitalism.
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Capitalism. |
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Capitalism -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bender, Thomas.
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Ashworth, John, 1950-
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Davis, David Brion.
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Haskell, Thomas L., 1939-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Antislavery debate. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1992 0520066391 (DLC) 91021075 (OCoLC)23940693 |
| ISBN |
9780520912458 (electronic book) |
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0520912454 (electronic book) |
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0585081301 (electronic book) |
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9780585081304 (electronic book) |
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