McDaniel W. Caleb The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform 9780807162309

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Автор: McDaniel W. Caleb
Название: The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform
ISBN: 9780807162309
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

Социальная история и история культуры

Рабство и отмена рабства

Этнические исследования

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

ISBN-10: 0807162302
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 320
Вес: 0.53 кг.
Дата издания: 01.07.2015
Серия: Antislavery, abolition, and the atlantic world
Язык: English
Размер: 152 x 228 x 26
Подзаголовок: Garrisonian abolitionists and transatlantic reform
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Winner of the Merle Curti Award Winner of the SHEAR James Broussard First Book PrizeIn The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery, W. Caleb McDaniel sets forth a new interpretation of the Garrisonian abolitionists, stressing their deep ties to reformers and liberal thinkers in Great Britain and Europe. The group of American reformers known as Garrisonians included, at various times, some of the most significant and familiar figures in the history of the antebellum struggle over slavery: Wendell Phillips, Frederick Douglass, and William Lloyd Garrison himself. Between 1830 and 1870, American abolitionists led by Garrison developed extensive networks of friendship, correspondence, and intellectual exchange with a wide range of European reformers, Chartists, free trade advocates, Irish nationalists, and European revolutionaries. Garrison signaled the importance of these ties to his movement with the well-known cosmopolitan motto he printed on every issue of his famous newspaper, The Liberator: Our Country is the World, Our Countrymen are All Mankind. That motto serves as an impetus for McDaniels study, which shows that Garrison and his movement must be placed squarely within the context of transatlantic mid-nineteenth-century reform. Through exposure to contemporary European thinkers, such as Alexis de Tocqueville, Giuseppe Mazzini, and John Stuart Mill, Garrisonian abolitionists came to understand their own movement not only as an effort to mold public opinion about slavery but also as a measure to defend democracy in an Atlantic World still dominated by aristocracy and monarchy. While convinced that democracy offered the best form of government, Garrisonians recognised that the persistence of slavery in the United States revealed problems with the political system. They identified the participation of minority agitators as part of the process in a healthy democratic society. Ultimately, Garrisonians transatlantic activities reveal their deep patriotism, their interest in using public opinion to affect American politics, and their similarities to other antislavery groups. By following Garrisonian abolitionists across the Atlantic Ocean and exhaustively documenting their international networks, McDaniel challenges many of the timeworn stereotypes that still cling to their movement. He argues for a new image of Garrisons band as politically savvy, intellectually sophisticated liberal reformers, who were well informed about transatlantic debates regarding the problem of democracy.
Дополнительное описание: History of the Americas|Ethnic studies|Slavery and abolition of slavery|Social groups, communities and identities

The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform, McDaniel W. Caleb