Polemical Pain : Slavery, Cruelty, and the Rise of Humanitarianism /
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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| Collection: | New studies in American intellectual and cultural history.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Self-denial, Martyrdom, and the formation of Quaker humanitarianism
- Humanity, human nature, and the problem of cruelty
- Moral responsibility and removal, 1800-1832
- Politicizing humaneness, 1832-1839
- Suited for slavery, 1840-1852
- The contradictions of benevolence, 1852-1861.


