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“kenneth greenberg”

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  • Writing History with Lightning

    Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America

    by Kenneth Greenberg, William L. Andrews, Lesley J. Gordon, John David Smith, Jonathon Sarris, Catherine Clinton, John F. Marszalek, Ryan Keating, Joseph Beilein, Brian Rouleau, Donna Barbie, Allison Dorsey, Stephen Whitfield, Marcus Rediker, Nicole Etcheson, Diane Miller Sommerville, Graham Hodges, Drew Swanson, Michael Burlingame, Tom Lee, James Crisp, Kevin Waite, Jacob Lee, Matthew E. Stanley ...
    Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge at Gettysburg, the proliferation and destruction of plantation slavery in the American South, Custer’s ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Honor and Slavery

    Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Death, Slave Rebellions, the Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting, and Gambling in the Old South

    by Kenneth S. Greenberg ...
    The "honorable men" who ruled the Old South had a language all their own, one comprised of many apparently outlandish features yet revealing much about the lives of masters and the nature of slavery. When we examine Jefferson Davis's explanation as to why he was wearing women's clothing when caught by Union soldiers, or when we consider the story of Virginian statesman John Randolph, who stood on ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • Nat Turner

    A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory

    Edited by Kenneth S. Greenberg ...
    Nat Turner's name rings through American history with a force all its own. Leader of the most important slave rebellion on these shores, variously viewed as a murderer of unarmed women and children, an inspired religious leader, a fanatic--this puzzling figure represents all the terrible complexities of American slavery. And yet we do not know what he looked like, where he is buried, or even ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Nat Turner

    A Slave Rebellion in History and Memory

    Edited by Kenneth S. Greenberg ...
    Nat Turner's name rings through American history with a force all its own. Leader of the most important slave rebellion on these shores, variously viewed as a murderer of unarmed women and children, an inspired religious leader, a fanatic--this puzzling figure represents all the terrible complexities of American slavery. And yet we do not know what he looked like, where he is buried, or even ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • New Directions in Slavery Studies

    Commodification, Community, and Comparison

    by Enrico Dal Lago, Calvin Schermerhorn, Karen Ryder, Damian Pargas, Bonnie Martin, Anthony Kaye, Mariana Dantas, John Davies, Kenneth Greenberg, Kathleen Hilliard ...
    In this landmark essay collection, twelve contributors chart the contours of current scholarship in the field of slavery studies, highlighting three of the discipline’s major themes—commodification, community, and comparison—and indicating paths for future inquiry.New Directions in Slavery Studies addresses the various ways in which the institution of slavery reduced human beings to a form of ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Fast Track Program for Children at Risk

    Preventing Antisocial Behavior

    by Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, Karen L. Bierman, PhD, John D. Coie, PhD, Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, Mark T. Greenberg, PhD, John E. Lochman, PhD, ABPP, Robert J. McMahon, PhD, Ellen E. Pinderhughes, PhD ...
    This unique volume reports on the largest long-term preventive intervention study ever conducted with children at risk for serious violence and poor life outcomes. From first through 10th grade, Fast Track provided multicomponent interventions to support children, families, and schools in achieving positive social, emotional, and academic outcomes. The book explores the developmental processes ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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  • Tales from the Haunted South

    Dark Tourism and Memories of Slavery from the Civil War Era

    by Tiya Miles ...
    Series series The Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era
    In this book Tiya Miles explores the popular yet troubling phenomenon of “ghost tours,” frequently promoted and experienced at plantations, urban manor homes, and cemeteries throughout the South. As a staple of the tours, guides entertain paying customers by routinely relying on stories of enslaved black specters. But who are these ghosts? Examining popular sites and stories from these tours, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • The Life of a Slave Girl

    by Harriet Jacobs ...
    I was born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful in his trade, that, when buildings out of the common line were to be erected, he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman. On condition of paying his mistress two hundred dollars a year, and supporting himself, he was allowed to ... Read more

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  • Stamped from the Beginning

    The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

    by Ibram X. Kendi ...
    A National Book Award winnerThe New York Times bestselling history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.**“An engrossing and relentless intellectual history of prejudice in America.” -**Washington PostSome Americans insist that we’re living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America—... ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • The Slave Ship

    A Human History

    by Marcus Rediker ...
    In a chilling exploration of a nearly forgotten chapter of history, Marcus Rediker delves into the dark depths of slave ships in the 18th century.In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the British and American slave ships of the eighteenth century. With meticulous detail, Rediker uncovers the harsh ... Read more

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  • American Slavery: History in an Hour

    by Kat Smutz ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.From the first slaves arriving in Jamestown in 1619, the cotton fields in the Southern States and shipbuilding in New England, to the slaves who laid down their lives in war so that Americans could be free, American Slavery in an Hour covers the breadth of the subject without sacrificing important historical and cultural details.An important ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Roll, Jordan, Roll

    The World the Slaves Made

    by Eugene D. Genovese ...
    A testament to the power of the human spirit under conditions of extreme oppression, this landmark history of slavery in the South challenged conventional views by illuminating the many forms of resistance to dehumanization that developed in slave society.Displaying keen insight into the minds of both enslaved persons and slaveholders, historian Eugene Genovese investigates the ways that enslaved ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD