New Perspectives on Race and Slavery in America: Essays in Honor of Kenneth M. Stampp

For more than three decades race relations have been at the forefront of historical research in America. These new essays on race and slavery-some by highly regarded, award-winning veterans in the field and others by talented newcomers-point in fresh directions. They address specific areas of contention even as together they survey important questions across four centuries of social, cultural, and political history.
Looking at the institution itself, Robert McColley reconsiders the origins o...