| Autore |
Berlin Ira <1941->
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| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (x, 497 p. ) : ill., maps ;
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| Disciplina |
306.3/62/097309032
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| Soggetto topico |
Slavery - United States - History - 17th century
Slavery - United States - History - 18th century
African Americans - Social conditions - 17th century
African Americans - Social conditions - 18th century
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| ISBN |
9780674020825
0674020820
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue: Making Slavery, Making Race -- I. SOCIETIES WITH SLAVES: The Charter Generations -- Introduction -- 1. Emergence of Atlantic Creoles in the Chesapeake -- 2. Expansion of Creole Society in the North -- 3. Divergent Paths in the Lowcountry -- 4. Devolution in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- II. SLAVE SOCIETIES: The Plantation Generations -- Introduction -- 5. The Tobacco Revolution in the Chesapeake -- 6. The Rice Revolution in the Lowcountry -- 7. Growth and the Transformation of Black Life in the North -- 8. Stagnation and Transformation in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- III. SLAVE AND FREE: The Revolutionary Generations -- Introduction -- 9. The Slow Death of Slavery in the North -- 10. The Union of African-American Society in the Upper South -- 11. Fragmentation in the Lower South -- 12. Slavery and Freedom in the Lower Mississippi Valley -- Epilogue: Making Race, Making Slavery -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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| Altri titoli varianti |
Slavery in North America
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910965953103321 |