The American Historical Association has awarded Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave the John E. O'Conner Film Award for "outstanding interpretations of history through film" in the category of "Dramatic Feature." Other winners include....
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The Economist Considers Slavery and the Response is Immediate (A Round Up)
On Sept 4, 2014, the Economist reviewed Edward Baptist's The Half Has Never Been Told: "So Mr Baptist, an historian at Cornell University, is not being especially contentious when he says that America owed much of its early growth to the foreign exchange, cheaper raw materials and expanding markets provided by a slave-produced commodity. But … Continue reading The Economist Considers Slavery and the Response is Immediate (A Round Up)
VIDEO: Grandin Discusses New Book on Democracy Now!
Historian Greg Grandin appeared on Democracy Now! to discuss his new book The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom and Deception in the New World (Metropolitan Books, 2014) From Democracy Now!: In his new book, "The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom and Deception in the New World," acclaimed historian Greg Grandin examines how the transnational slave … Continue reading VIDEO: Grandin Discusses New Book on Democracy Now!
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