Slavery A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life

Name: Slavery A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life
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ISBN: 9780226204772

ISBN-10: 0226204774

ISBN-13: 9780226204772

Edition: 3rd 1987 (Revised)

Authors: Stanley M. Elkins

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Book details

List price: $34.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/15/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.95" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface to the Third Edition



An Introduction: Slavery as a Problem in Historiography



The Old Debate



The Problem of ""New Viewpoints""



Institutions and the Law of Slavery



Institutional Breakdown in an Age of Expansion



The Dynamics of Unopposed Capitalism



Slavery in Capitalist and Non-Capitalist Cultures



Slavery and Personality



Personality Types and Stereotypes



The ""African Culture"" Argument



Shock and Detachment



Adjustment to Absolute Power in the Concentration Camp



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