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Title: The Transformation of American Abolitionism: Fighting Slavery in the Early Republic by Richard S. Newman ISBN: 0-8078-4998-7 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 22 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Reexamining Abolitionism
Comment: America's first, and perhaps most important, reform movement was the fight to end slavery, commonly called abolitionism. Dozens, if not hundreds, of scholarly and popular books have been written on this subject. Rich Newman's excellent new study synthesizes much of that scholarship by giving us a rare glimpse into abolitionism's earliest phases. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in early American history, slavery, or social reform.
Newman makes two important contributions to the subject he has examined so thoroughly. First, he identifies the ways in which the abolitionist movement changed over time. These changes were a function of broader social and political currents affecting the early American republic. Second, Newman continually pulls back to emphasize how abolitionism was similar to, or differed from, other mass movements in U.S. history (indeed, the "transformation" Newman identifies is abolitionism's evolution into a mass, not elite, political movement). In this respect, the book transcends its immediate chronological limits to address wider questions about the strategy and tactics of American reform and reformers.
Professor Newman's book, while based on meticulous research, is NOT a dry monograph intended for a narrow, academic audience. Newman writes beautifully, eschews jargon, and avoids tedious discussions of historiographic debates. Undergraduates, graduate students, and well-read members of the public will all benefit enormously from Newman's book. It is a VERY significant addition to the literature on reform, and will quickly become the definitive work on early abolitionism. It will certainly provoke many stimulating discussions about a fascinating, if also troubling, chapter in our nation's past.
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Title: The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement by Julie Roy Jeffrey ISBN: 0807847410 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Black Identity and Black Protest in the Antebellum North by Patrick Rael ISBN: 0807849677 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Holy Warriors : The Abolitionists and American Slavery by James B. Stewart ISBN: 080901596X Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub Pub. Date: 15 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery : by David Brion Davis ISBN: 0674011821 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans by Joyce Oldham Appleby ISBN: 0674006631 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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