The Antislavery Debate: Capitalism and Abolitionism as a Problem in Historical Interpretation
"The marrow of the most important historiographical controversy since the 1970s."—Michael Johnson, University of California, Irvine"A debate of intellectual significance and power. The implications of these essays extend far beyond antislavery, important as that subject undoubtedly is. This will be of major importance to students of historical method as well as the history of ideas and reform movements."—Carl N. Degler, Stanford University