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Slavery and silence : Latin America and the U.S. slave debate, Paul D. Naish
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- Summary
- "In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions about the institution of slavery, as divisive sectionalism and heated ideological rhetoric circumscribed public debate. To talk about slavery was to explore--or deny--its obvious shortcomings, its inhumanity, its contradictions. To celebrate it required explaining away the nation's proclaimed belief in equality and its public promise of rights for all, while to condemn it was to insult people who might be related by ties of blood, friendship, or business, and perhaps even to threaten the very economy and political stability of the nation. For this reason, Paul D. Naish argues, Americans displaced their most provocative criticisms and darkest fears about the institution onto Latin America. Naish bolsters this seemingly counterintuitive argument with a compelling focus on realms of public expression that have drawn sparse attention in previous scholarship on this era. In novels, diaries, correspondence, and scientific writings, he contends, the heat and bluster of the political arena was muted, and discussions of slavery staged in these venues often turned their attention south of the Rio Grande. At once familiar and foreign, Cuba, Brazil, Haiti, and the independent republics of Spanish America provided rhetorical landscapes about which everyday citizens could speak, through both outright comparisons or implicit metaphors, what might otherwise be unsayable when talking about slavery at home. At a time of ominous sectional fracture, Americans of many persuasions--Northerners and Southerners, Whigs and Democrats, scholars secure in their libraries and settlers vulnerable on the Mexican frontier--found unity in their disparagement of Latin America. This displacement of anxiety helped create a superficial feeling of nationalism as the country careened toward disunity of the most violent, politically charged, and consequential sort" --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812249453
- Label
- Slavery and silence : Latin America and the U.S. slave debate
- Title
- Slavery and silence
- Title remainder
- Latin America and the U.S. slave debate
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul D. Naish
- Subject
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- truePolitical culture
- truePolitical culture -- History
- truePolitical culture -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueRacism
- Racism -- History
- trueRacism -- History -- 19th century
- Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- History
- Slavery -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Whites -- United States -- Attitudes | History -- 19th century
- Conversation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open discussions about the institution of slavery, as divisive sectionalism and heated ideological rhetoric circumscribed public debate. To talk about slavery was to explore--or deny--its obvious shortcomings, its inhumanity, its contradictions. To celebrate it required explaining away the nation's proclaimed belief in equality and its public promise of rights for all, while to condemn it was to insult people who might be related by ties of blood, friendship, or business, and perhaps even to threaten the very economy and political stability of the nation. For this reason, Paul D. Naish argues, Americans displaced their most provocative criticisms and darkest fears about the institution onto Latin America. Naish bolsters this seemingly counterintuitive argument with a compelling focus on realms of public expression that have drawn sparse attention in previous scholarship on this era. In novels, diaries, correspondence, and scientific writings, he contends, the heat and bluster of the political arena was muted, and discussions of slavery staged in these venues often turned their attention south of the Rio Grande. At once familiar and foreign, Cuba, Brazil, Haiti, and the independent republics of Spanish America provided rhetorical landscapes about which everyday citizens could speak, through both outright comparisons or implicit metaphors, what might otherwise be unsayable when talking about slavery at home. At a time of ominous sectional fracture, Americans of many persuasions--Northerners and Southerners, Whigs and Democrats, scholars secure in their libraries and settlers vulnerable on the Mexican frontier--found unity in their disparagement of Latin America. This displacement of anxiety helped create a superficial feeling of nationalism as the country careened toward disunity of the most violent, politically charged, and consequential sort" --
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- From Amazon
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- 10578839
- Cataloging source
- PU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-2016
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Naish, Paul D.
- Dewey number
- 306.3/62098
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Slavery
- Slavery
- Whites
- Racism
- Conversation
- Political culture
- United States
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Latin America and the U.S. slave debate
- Label
- Slavery and silence : Latin America and the U.S. slave debate, Paul D. Naish
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1885864
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812249453
- Lccn
- 2017012496
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780812249453
- (OCoLC)978295309
- Label
- Slavery and silence : Latin America and the U.S. slave debate, Paul D. Naish
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1885864
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 287 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812249453
- Lccn
- 2017012496
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780812249453
- (OCoLC)978295309
Subject
- truePolitical culture
- truePolitical culture -- History
- truePolitical culture -- History -- 19th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueRacism
- Racism -- History
- trueRacism -- History -- 19th century
- Racism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- History
- Slavery -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueUnited States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Whites -- United States -- Attitudes | History -- 19th century
- Conversation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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