Roll, Jordan, Roll
The World the Slaves Made
A testament to the power of the human spirit under conditions of extreme oppression, this landmark history of slavery in the South challenged conventional views by illuminating the many forms of resistance to dehumanization that developed in slave society. Displaying keen insight into the minds of both enslaved persons and slaveholders, historian Eugene Genovese investigates the ways that enslaved persons forced their owners to acknowledge their humanity through culture, music, and religion. He covers a vast range of subjects, from slave weddings and funerals, to language, food, clothing, and labor, and places particular emphasis on religion…
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- ISBN: 978-0-394-71652-7
- EAN: 9780394716527
- Produktnummer: 9447980
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1976
- Seitenangabe: 864 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.2 cm x D3.5 cm 580 g
- Gewicht: 580
Über den Autor
Eugene D. Genovese was the author of several books, including Roll, Jordan, Roll, for which he won the Bancroft Prize; The Southern Tradition; and The Southern Front. Genovese was known for his Marxist perspective in regards to the study of power, class, and race relations in during plantation life in the old south. Genovese passed away in 2012.
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