| Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery (Revised) Revised Edition Contributor(s): Fogel, Robert William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393312194 ISBN-13: 9780393312195 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $30.88 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 306 |
| LCCN: 88238393 |
| Lexile Measure: 1660 |
| Series: Norton Paperback |
| Physical Information: 1.47" H x 6.15" W x 9.24" (1.67 lbs) 540 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Over the past quarter-century, Robert William Fogel has blazed new trails in scholarship on the lives of the slaves in the American South. Now he presents the dramatic rise and fall of the peculiar institution, as the abolitionist movement rose into a powerful political force that pulled down a seemingly impregnable system. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fogel, Robert William: - Robert William Fogel, winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, is director of the Center for Population Economics at the University of Chicago. |