{"product_id":"chained-to-history-steven-j-brady-9781501761058","title":"Chained to History: Slavery and Us Foreign Relations to 1865","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChained to History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Steven J. Brady places slavery at the center of the story of America's place in the world in the years prior to the calamitous Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e Beginning with the immediate aftermath of the War of the American Revolution, Brady follows the military, economic, and moral lines of the diplomatic challenges of attempting to manage, on the global stage, the actuality of human servitude in a country dedicated to human freedom. \u003ci\u003eChained to History\u003c\/i\u003e shows how slavery was interwoven with America's foreign relations and affected policy controversies ranging from trade to extradition treaties to military alliances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrady highlights the limitations placed on American policymakers who, working in an international context increasingly supportive of abolition, were severely constrained regarding the formulation and execution of preferred policy. Policymakers were bound to the slave interest based in the Democratic Party and the tortured state of domestic politics bore heavily on the conduct of foreign affairs. As international powers not only abolished the slave trade but banned human servitude as such, the American position became untenable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Age of Revolutions through the American Civil War, slavery was a constant factor in shaping US relations with the Atlantic World and beyond. \u003ci\u003eChained to History\u003c\/i\u003e addresses this critical topic in its complete scope and shows the immoral practice of human bondage to have informed how the United States re-entered the community of nations after 1865.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven J. Brady\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501761056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501761058\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023","brand":"Steven J. Brady","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994611974399,"sku":"9781501761058","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30165ff4-c026-4e31-b275-89fbc3f6cc4a.jpg?v=1683331181","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chained-to-history-steven-j-brady-9781501761058","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}