From Homicide to Slavery: Studies in American Culture

by David Brion Davis

Book Overview

For more than twenty years David Brion Davis has been recognized as a leading authority on the moral and ideological responses to slavery in the Western world. From Homicide to Slavery, Davis's first book of collected essays, brings together selections reflecting his wide-ranging interests in colonial history, Afro-American history, the social sciences, and American literature. The essays are interconnected by Davis's central concern with violence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195054180
• ISBN13: 9780195054187
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 8.4"