"""If it is possible to understand the American paradox, the marriage of slavery and freedom, Virginia is surely the place to begin,"" writes Edmund S. Morgan in American Slavery, American Freedom, a study of the tragic contradiction at the core of America. Morgan finds the key to this central paradox in the people and politics of the state that was both the birthplace of the revolution and the largest slaveholding state in the country. With a new introduction. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize and the Albert J. Beveridge Award."
By:
Edmund S. Morgan Imprint: Norton Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 650g ISBN:9780393324945 ISBN 10: 039332494X Pages: 464 Publication Date:08 January 2010 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for American Slavery, American Freedom
Profoundly important... Every page of Morgan's book speaks of a sensitive understanding of human nature, as well as of a scrupulous attention to scholarly exactitude. -- J.H. Plumb