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The shadow that lingers : what slavery teaches us about freedom / Allan D. Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Allan D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--History.
- Slavery.
- Human rights--History.
- Human rights.
- Liberty.
- freedom.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2023.
- Summary:
- Cooper shows how the reaction to slavery unveiled the characteristics of freedom and established the foundation for the human rights movement. The book demonstrates how the legacy of slavery continues to shape individual identity as well as the nature of state power to exercise discipline and control over its citizens.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- The Authoritarian Imagination
- The Cybernetics of Enslavement
- Slavery and Reactance
- The Legal Architecture of Freedom
- White Reactance Following Emancipation
- Carcerality and Freedom of Movement
- Anomalies in the Ideologies of Domination
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-3427-1
- 1-66692-925-5
- OCLC:
- 1373613441
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