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The abolitionist imagination
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Revisits the nineteenth century abolitionist movement as the embodiment of a driving force in American history, giving a better understanding of the balance between moral fervor and political respo...
Revisits the nineteenth century abolitionist movement as the embodiment of a driving force in American history, giving a better understanding of the balance between moral fervor and political responsibility.
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- Creator
- Andrew Delbanco ; with commentaries by John Stauffer, Manisha Sinha, Darryl Pinckney, and Wilfred M. McClay
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- xi, 205 pages ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 0674064909, 9780674069305, 0674064445, 9780674064904, 9780674064447, 0674069307
- OCLC
- ocn840436440, ocn754389838, ocn794004268
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The abolitionist imagination / Andrew Delbanco -- Fighting the devil with his own fire / John Stauffer -- Did the abolitionists cause the Civil War? / Manisha Sinha -- The invisibility of black abolitionists / Darryl Pinckney -- Abolition as master concept / Wilfred M. McClay -- Rejoinder: the presence of the past / Andrew Delbanco