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20181002142524.0 |
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040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
NYU |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Berlin, Ira, |
Dates associated with a name |
1941- |
9 (RLIN) |
5101 |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Generations of captivity : |
Remainder of title |
a history of African-American slaves / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Ira Berlin. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge, Mass. : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2003. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
374 p. : |
Other physical details |
maps ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Prologue : slavery and freedom -- Charter generations -- Plantation generations -- Revolutionary generations -- Migration generations -- Epilogue : freedom generations. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
In this book Ira Berlin traces the history of African-American slavery in the United States from its beginnings in the seventeenth century to its demise nearly three hundred years later. Most Americans, black and white, have a singular vision of slavery, one fixed in the mid-nineteenth century when most American slaves grew cotton, resided in the deep South, and subscribed to Christianity. Here, however, Berlin offers a major reinterpretation in which slaves and their owners continually renegotiated the terms of captivity. Slavery was thus made and remade by successive generations of Africans and African Americans who lived through settlement and adaptation, plantation life, economic transformations, revolution, forced migration, war, and ultimately, emancipation. Berlin's understanding of the processes that continually transformed the lives of slaves makes Generations of captivity essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of antebellum America. Connecting the "Charter Generation" to the development of Atlantic society in the seventeenth century, the "Plantation Generation" to the reconstruction of colonial society in the eighteenth century, the "Revolutionary Generation" to the Age of Revolutions, and the "Migration Generation" to American expansionism in the nineteenth century, Berlin integrates the history of slavery into the larger story of American life. He demonstrates how enslaved black people, by adapting to changing circumstances, prepared for the moment when they could seize liberty and declare themselves the "Freedom Generation." This epic story provides a rich understanding of the experience of African-American slaves, an experience that continues to mobilize American thought and passions today. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Slavery |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
9 (RLIN) |
5102 |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Slaves |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
General subdivision |
History. |
9 (RLIN) |
5103 |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
Display text |
Online version: |
Main entry heading |
Berlin, Ira, 1941- |
Title |
Generations of captivity. |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003 |
Record control number |
(OCoLC)606935105 |
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY |
Display text |
Online version: |
Main entry heading |
Berlin, Ira, 1941- |
Title |
Generations of captivity. |
Place, publisher, and date of publication |
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003 |
Record control number |
(OCoLC)607810179 |
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Materials specified |
Table of contents |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2002028142.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2002028142.html</a> |
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Materials specified |
Book review (H-Net) |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f0t9-aa">http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f0t9-aa</a> |
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.06191">http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.06191</a> |
930 #1 - EQUIVALENCE OR CROSS-REFERENCE-UNIFORM TITLE HEADING [LOCAL, CANADA] |
Medium |
E441 |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
Koha item type |
Book |