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Slavery A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life

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Slavery A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life

by Elkins, Stanley M

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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. CONTENTS: Preface to the Third Edition; I. AN INTRODUCTION: SLAVERY AS A PROBLEM IN HISTORIOGRAPHY 1. The Old Debate 2. The Problem of "New Viewpoints"; II. INSTITUTIONS AND THE LAW OF SLAVERY 1. Institutional Breakdown in an Age of Expansion 2. The Dynamics of Unopposed Capitalism 3. Slavery in Capitalist and Non-Capitalist Cultures; III. SLAVERY AND PERSONALITY 1. Personality Types and Stereotypes 2. The "African Culture" Argument 3. Shock and Detachment 4. Adjustment to Absolute Power in the Concentration Camp 5. Three Theories of Personality 6. Mechanisms of Resistance to Absolute Power; IV. SLAVERY AND THE INTELLECTUAL 1. Institutions and Insights 2. Intellectuals without Responsibility 3. Sin, Guilty Innocence, and Reform 4. The Transcendentalist as Abolitionist 5. The Abolitionist as Transcendentalist 6. Choices 7. Postscript: slavery, Consensus, and the Southern Intellect; V. SLAVERY AND IDEOLOGY; VI. THE TWO ARGUMENTS ON SLAVERY; Appendix (Essay on Materials and Method); Acknowledgments; Index. SYNOPSIS: This third edition of Stanley M. Elkins's classic study offers two new chapters by the author. The first, "Slavery and Ideology," considers the discussion and criticism occasioned by this controversial work. Elkins amplifies his original purpose in writing the book and takes into consideration the substantial body of critical commentary. He also attempts a prediction on the course of future research and discussion. The second new chapter, "The Two Arguments on Slavery," reflects the continuing interest in and extraordinary vitality of the subject of slavery. The author considers the growing interest in black culture and the important contributions of work published on slavery in the 1970s. He particularly focuses on two recently published books which represent new directions in the study of the institution of slavery, Eugene D. Genovese's Roll, Jordan, Roll and Time on the Cross by Robert W. Fogel and Stanley L. Engermann, and a forthcoming book by Herbert Gutman, The Invisible Fact: Afro-Americans and Their Families, 1750-1925. Historians will welcome this updated edition of this major work. Elkins's multidisciplinary approach will interest sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. Any reader sensitive to the currents of American thought will find this new edition invaluable for its perspective and insight.. Third Edition 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Slavery A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life
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Elkins, Stanley M
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ISBN 10
0226204774
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9780226204772
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Date Published
1976
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