The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview
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| Management number | 232046824 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $17.24 | Model Number | 232046824 | ||
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Presenting many slaveholders as intelligent, honorable and pious men and women, this study asks how people who were admirable in so many ways could have presided over a social system that inflicted gross abuse on slaves. The South had formidable proslavery intellectuals who participated fully in transatlantic debates and boldly challenged an ascendant capitalist ("free-labor") society. Blending classical and Christian traditions, they forged a moral and political philosophy designed to sustain conservative principles in history, political economy, social theory, and theology, while translating them into political action. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0521615623 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0521615624 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | 6 x 2 x 9.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.56 pounds |
| Print length | 824 pages |
| Publication date | October 17, 2005 |
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