{"product_id":"unrequited-toil-a-history-of-united-states-slavery-hardback-9781107027664","title":"Unrequited Toil; A History of United States Slavery (Hardback) 9781107027664","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnrequited Toil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of United States Slavery\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroduces the essential history of slavery from the American Revolution to post-Civil War Reconstruction in twelve thematic chapters.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCalvin Schermerhorn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107027664, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 August 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.2 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Unrequited Toil is an engaging, beautifully composed survey of slavery in the United States. It presents a highly useful and readable account featuring the latest scholarly research, valuable to specialists and students alike.' Dale Kretz, The Journal of American History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWritten as a narrative history of slavery within the United States, Unrequited Toil details how an institution that seemed to be disappearing at the end of the American Revolution rose to become the most contested and valuable economic interest in the nation by 1850. Calvin Schermerhorn charts changes in the family lives of enslaved Americans, exploring the broader processes of nation-building in the United States, growth and intensification of national and international markets, the institutionalization of chattel slavery, and the growing relevance of race in the politics and society of the republic. In chapters organized chronologically, Schermerhorn argues that American economic development relied upon African Americans' social reproduction while simultaneously destroying their intergenerational cultural continuity. He explores the personal narratives of enslaved people and develops themes such as politics, economics, labor, literature, rebellion, and social conditions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Counter-revolutionaries\u003cbr\u003e 2. Slow death for slavery\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cotton empire\u003cbr\u003e 4. Black insurgency\u003cbr\u003e 5. Financial chains\u003cbr\u003e 6. Life in the quotidian\u003cbr\u003e 7. Landscape of sexual violence\u003cbr\u003e 8. Industrial discipline\u003cbr\u003e 9. Narratives\u003cbr\u003e 10. Geopolitics\u003cbr\u003e 11. Abolition war\u003cbr\u003e 12. No justice, no peace\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265511379224,"sku":"9781107027664","price":65.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107027664i.jpg?v=1692023648","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/unrequited-toil-a-history-of-united-states-slavery-hardback-9781107027664","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}