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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679723072

ISBN-139780679723073

eBay Product ID (ePID)1015498

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Book TitlePeculiar Institution : Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSlavery, Discrimination & Race Relations, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General

Publication Year1989

GenreSocial Science, History

AuthorKenneth M. Stampp

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN96-202403

Reviews"A thoughtful, deeply moving book....Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people .... There is a massive impact to this book-made all the more effective by the fact that its author writes with a dispassionate and scholarly objectivity -- which helps to make it one of the most valuable and memorable books ever written in this field."-- Bruce Catton "In ten sparkling chapters the book details and illuminates every aspect of slavery....Slavery is viewed not as a method of regulating race relations, not as an arrangement that was in its essence paternalistic, but as a practical system of controlling and exploiting labor. How the slaves worked, how they resisted bondage, how they were disciplined, how they lived their lives in the quarters, and how they behaved toward each other and toward their masters are themes which receive full exploration.... The materials are handled with imagination and verve, the style is polished, the factual evidence is precise and accurate. Some scholars will disagree with the conclusions. No one can afford to disregard them."-- Frank W. Klingberg, American Historical Review "The Peculiar Institution is one of the most important and provocative works on Southern history to appear in our generation."-- David Donald, Commentary

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal306.3/62/0975

Table Of Content1. The Setting 2. From Day Clean to First Dark 3. A Troublesome Property 4. To Make Them Stand in Fear 5. Chattels Personal 6. Slavemongering 7. Maintenance, Morbidity, Mortality 8. Between Two Cultures 9. Profit and Loss 10. He Who Has Endured

SynopsisWinner of the Lincoln Prize Stampp's classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time. "A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people."-Bruce Catton, Winner of the Lincoln Prize Stampp's classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor is one of the most important and influential works of American history written in our time. "A thoughtful and deeply moving book. . . . Mr. Stampp wants to show specifically what slavery was like, why it existed, and what it did to the American people."--Bruce Catton

LC Classification NumberE441.S8 1989