Debates over the economic; social; and political meaning of slavery and the slave trade have persisted for over two hundred years. The Atlantic Slave Trade brings clarity and critical insight to the subject. In fourteen essays; leading scholars consider the nature and impact of the transatlantic slave trade and assess its meaning for the people transported and for those who owned them.Among the questions these essays address are: the social cost to Africa of this forced migration; the role of slavery in the economic development of Europe and the United States; the short-term and long-term effects of the slave trade on black mortality; health; and life in the New World; and the racial and cultural consequences of the abolition of slavery. Some of these essays originally appeared in recent issues of Social Science History; the editors have added new material; along with an introduction placing each essay in the context of current debates. Based on extensive archival research and detailed historical examination; this collection constitutes an important contribution to the study of an issue of enduring significance. It is sure to become a standard reference on the Atlantic slave trade for years to come.Contributors. Ralph A. Austen; Ronald Bailey; William Darity; Jr.; Seymour Drescher; Stanley L. Engerman; David Barry Gaspar; Clarence Grim; Brian Higgins; Jan S. Hogendorn; Joseph E. Inikori; Kenneth Kiple; Martin A. Klein; Paul E. Lovejoy; Patrick Manning; Joseph C. Miller; Johannes Postma; Woodruff Smith; Thomas Wilson
#692576 in Books Hulbert Matthew 2016-10-15 2016-10-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.00 x 6.00l; .0 #File Name: 0820350028344 pagesThe Ghosts of Guerrilla Memory How Civil War Bushwhackers Became Gunslingers in the American West
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Customer nutbuttergood book dry start but good4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Hulbert offers the first book length rendering of guerrilla memory ...By CustomerHulbert offers the first book length rendering of guerrilla memory and convincingly argues that the memory of the guerrilla war was expunged from the rest of Civil War memory/history in an attempt to clean-up the perception of the war. Instead; the guerrillas were banished to the West where these Civil War soldiers have been mis-remembered as gunslingers and outlaws more akin to Billy the Kid than Johnny Reb.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Why didn't I learn this in High School....the Civil War I didn't knowBy J23This book was a pleasure to read and truly accomplished the author’s objectives; spread the word of the Guerillas of the Civil War and follow their lives through the Wild West; death and how history has treated them.My knowledge of the Civil War like many was mainly of the big battles taking place in the east; like Gettysburg; Antietam and Vicksburg. I didn’t realize now many states actually participated in the Civil War as men and women in every state had a point of view and fought for their beliefs. Reading of the irregular army and men like Samuel Hilderbrand; Bloody Bill Anderson; William Quantrill and men who rode with him (and names I recognized) like Jesse and Frank James was both informative and interesting. Learning how different the war was fought; taking place at a home or town and not on a battle field and realizing these scrimmages sometime turned into real massacres a like Lawrence; Kansas brought home how bloody the war was in the Border States.Author Matthew Hulbert has done a wonderful job of describing aspects of the Civil War many didn’t realized happen. How history and historian have decided to remember; honor and memorialize the Civil War that was fought west of the Mississippi River.Helping the reader connect the dots; Hulbert follows these individuals after the war and through the American West and how the Authors; Newspapers and Hollywood glamourized them. I’m now curious and interested in watching many of the movies referenced.I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Civil War and for that matter anyone who enjoys reading aspects of our American history that doesn’t get the coverage it might deserve.Two thumbs up!
