The Abolitionist Imagination |
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| Author:
| Delbanco, Andrew |
| Foreword by:
| Carpenter, Daniel |
| Contribution by:
| Stauffer, John
Sinha, Manisha
McClay, Wilfred M. |
| Series title: | Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures in American Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-06444-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $74.95 |
Book Description:
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Abolitionists have been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil.
Abolitionists have been painted in extremes--vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil.