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Cambridge Essential Histories Ser.: Unrequited Toil : A History of United States Slavery by Calvin Schermerhorn (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107608589
ISBN-139781107608580
eBay Product ID (ePID)243164292
Product Key Features
Number of Pages266 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameUnrequited Toil : a History of United States Slavery
Publication Year2018
SubjectUnited States / 19th Century, Industries / Agribusiness, United States / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBusiness & Economics, History
AuthorCalvin Schermerhorn
SeriesCambridge Essential Histories Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2018-011065
ReviewsAdvance praise: 'In Unrequited Toil, Calvin Schermerhorn offers a fresh study of slavery, synthesizing what we know about the institution thus far. From the cotton fields to coal mines, he tells the story of American slavery in many forms. His bold and direct language makes this history plain, palatable, and personal. This book will be used for years to come as it offers the perfect overview of US slavery for scholars and the general reader.' Daina Ramey Berry, author of The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from the Womb to the Grave, in the Building of a Nation
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal306.3620973
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Counter-revolutionaries; 2. Slow death for slavery; 3. Cotton empire; 4. Black insurgency; 5. Financial chains; 6. Life in the quotidian; 7. Landscape of sexual violence; 8. Industrial discipline; 9. Narratives; 10. Geopolitics; 11. Abolition war; 12. No justice, no peace; Conclusion.
SynopsisWritten as an introduction for undergraduate students, Unrequited Toil explores the history of American slavery from the American Revolution to post-Civil War Reconstruction. Personal narratives are used across twelve chronologically ordered chapters to explore themes such as politics, economics, labor, literature, rebellion, and social conditions., Written as a narrative history of slavery within the United States, Unrequited Toil details how an institution that seemed to be disappearing at the end of the American Revolution rose to become the most contested and valuable economic interest in the nation by 1850. Calvin Schermerhorn charts changes in the family lives of enslaved Americans, exploring the broader processes of nation-building in the United States, growth and intensification of national and international markets, the institutionalization of chattel slavery, and the growing relevance of race in the politics and society of the republic. In chapters organized chronologically, Schermerhorn argues that American economic development relied upon African Americans' social reproduction while simultaneously destroying their intergenerational cultural continuity. He explores the personal narratives of enslaved people and develops themes such as politics, economics, labor, literature, rebellion, and social conditions.
LC Classification NumberE441
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