{"product_id":"the-problem-of-slavery-in-david-brion-davis-9780307389695","title":"The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this volume, Davis presents the age of emancipation as a model for reform and as probably the greatest landmark of willed moral progress in human history. Bringing to a close his staggeringly ambitious, prizewinning trilogy on slavery in Western culture Davis offers original and penetrating insights into what slavery and emancipation meant to Americans. He explores how the Haitian Revolution respectively terrified and inspired white and black Americans, hovering over the antislavery debates like a bloodstained ghost. He offers a surprising analysis of the complex and misunderstood significance the project to move freed slaves back to Africa. He vividly portrays the dehumanizing impact of slavery, as well as the generally unrecognized importance of freed slaves to abolition. Most of all, Davis presents the age of emancipation as a model for reform and as probably the greatest landmark of willed moral progress in human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Brion Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307389693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307389695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2015 pg. 32","brand":"David Brion Davis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913620652287,"sku":"9780307389695","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4cd9dd35-b0ba-444f-95b7-178a3115696d.jpg?v=1680621410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-problem-of-slavery-in-david-brion-davis-9780307389695","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}