Robin Blackburn's obituary for Stuart Hall (via VersoBooks.com): Born in Jamaica Stuart Hall became a beacon of the New Left in Britain, a hugely influential cultural theorist and an incisive critic of Thatcherism and its sequels. He was the first editor of New Left Review in 1960 and became the director of the Birmingham Centre … Continue reading Blackburn’s Obituary for Stuart Hall
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2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists Announced
The finalists for the 14th Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize have been announced. From the announcement: Robin Blackburn for The American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights (Verso Books) In The American Crucible, Robin Blackburn has provided one of the most commanding and wide-ranging examinations of Atlantic abolitionism in years. In an era of specialization, … Continue reading 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists Announced
Blackburn on Haiti, Slavery and the Age of Democratic Revolution
Blackburn, Robin. “Haiti, Slavery, and the Age of the Democratic Revolution.” William & Mary Quarterly 63 (October 2006): 643-674. First paragraph steal: "IN the sequence of revolutions that remade the Atlantic world from 1776 to 1825, the Haitian Revolution is rarely given its due, yet without it there is much that cannot be accounted for. … Continue reading Blackburn on Haiti, Slavery and the Age of Democratic Revolution
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