Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823

By David Brion Davis

Book Overview

David Brion Davis's books on the history of slavery reflect some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, the sequel to Davis's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Problem of Slavery in WesternCulture and the second volume of a proposed trilogy, is a truly monumental work of historical scholarship that first appeared in 1975 to critical acclaim both academic and literary. This reprint of that important work includes a new preface by the author, in which he situates the book's argumentwithin the historiographic debates of the last two decades.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801491568
• ISBN13: 9780801491566
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Old but Great History Writing

Davis is one of the most influencial slavery historians with us today. This book is one of his two best. His later works are meant to appeal more to the wider audience who prefer nooks to be like TV programs which require a two minute attention span. If you want a glib and easy reading history, don't buy this. You won't like it or do it justice. If you want an insightful, interesting, scholarly read to increase your knowledge of a most important subject, you need this book.