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Penn State University Press

Antebellum American Culture: An Interpretive Antho...

First published in 1979, this volume offers students and teachers a unique view of American history prior to the Civil War. Distinguished historian David Brion Davis has chosen a diverse array of primary sources that show the actual concerns, hopes, fears, and understandings of ordinary antebellum A..

Harvard University Press

Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery (NATHAN I HU...

In this engaging book, David Brion Davis offers an illuminating perspective on American slavery. Starting with a long view across the temporal and spatial boundaries of world slavery, he traces continuities from the ancient world to the era of exploration, with its expanding markets and rise in cons..

Oxford University Press

The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture (Oxford ...

Winner of several national awards including the 1967 Pulitzer Prize, this classic study by David Brion Davis has given new direction to the historical and sociological research of society's attitude towards slavery.Davis depicts the various ways different societies have responded to the intrinsic co..