Timothy Messer-Kruse

The Patriots' Dilemma

White Abolitionism and Black Banishment in the Founding of the United States of America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A provocative interpretation of early US history arguing that abolitionism among the founders was motivated by white racism

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9780745349671
• ISBN-10: 0745349676
• Artikelnr.: 69827003

Autorenporträt

Timothy Messer-Kruse is professor of ethnic studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is the author of numerous books, including The Yankee International: Marxism and the American Reform Tradition, 1848-1876 , The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks and The Trial of the Haymarket Anarchists: Terrorism and Justice in the Gilded Age, which was named 'Best Labor History Book of 2012' by the journal Labor History.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. White Abolitionism and the Invention of the White Nation
2. Abolishing Slavery By Abolishing The Slave
3. White Liberty vs. Freedom's Anarchy
4. Patriot Dreams of Black Banishment
5. The Invention of White Citizenship
6. Gradual Emancipation as Racial Cleansing
7. The Patriots' Solution: Civil Slavery