Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South
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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
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
PUBLISHER:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10:
0679723072
ISBN-13:
9780679723073
BINDING:
Paperback
BISAC:
Social Science
PUBLICATION YEAR:
1989
NUMBER OF PAGES:
464
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
1(H) x 5.22(W) x 7.97(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English