Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / / Margaret Abruzzo
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| Autore: |
Abruzzo Margaret Nicola
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| Titolo: |
Polemical pain : slavery, cruelty, and the rise of humanitarianism / / Margaret Abruzzo
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (339 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.3/620973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Slavery - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History - 19th century |
| Quaker abolitionists - History - 19th century | |
| Abolitionists - History - 19th century | |
| Antislavery movements - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Slavery - United States - Psychological aspects | |
| Slavery - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Moral conditions History 19th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Self-denial, Martyrdom, and the formation of Quaker humanitarianism -- Humanity, human nature, and the problem of cruelty -- Moral responsibility and removal, 1800-1832 -- Politicizing humaneness, 1832-1839 -- Suited for slavery, 1840-1852 -- The contradictions of benevolence, 1852-1861. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Polemical pain |
| ISBN: | 1-4214-0127-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910788464603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.