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The punishment monopoly : tales of my ancestors, dispossession, and the building of the United States /

"Why, asks Pem Davidson Buck, is punishment so central to the functioning of the United States, a country proclaiming 'liberty and justice for all'? Using stories of her European ancestors, who arrived in colonial Virginia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and following the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buck, Pem Davidson (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Tales of a mythical ancestor, punishment, and diarchy
  • Ancestor tales of dispossession and a revolt of the unfree
  • Ancestor tales of slavery, slaving, and women with voice
  • Ancestor tales of the revolt that happened and one that didn't
  • Ancestor tales of the logic of a slave society
  • Ancestor tales of the birth of a slaving republic
  • Ancestor tales of the dispossession of women, the domination of men, and the definition of liberty
  • Ancestor tales of life in a capitalist slaving republic
  • Tales of the present.