books about: abolition

books about: abolition

books:

Abolition

All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery

Henry Mayer

W. W. Norton, 2008

Both sides to the story
Now a book that shows two sides of slavery that all white people were not all for slavery .Like Dr.martin luther king was saying that slavery was not about black against white ,but justice againt injustice.Because if all men and women are not free then we are all in ...

Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)

Elizabeth R. Varon

The University of North Carolina Press, 2008

A sublimely adaptable concept
For the definition of a word, we consult the dictionary and find the current acceptable definition of the word. Words can have much more than a definition. Words can have meaning and emotions that change with time and place. Disunion is a word with a definition that ...

Abolition Now!: Ten Years of Strategy and Struggle Against the Prison Industrial Complex (Critical Resistance ...

AK Press, 2008

Essential reading for prison abolitionists!
Published to coincide with this year's 10th anniversary Critical Resistance conference in Oakland, "Abolition Now!" is an amazing anthology of analytical essays (and poetry!) by prison abolitionists working to create a world not only free of the prison industrial ...

The Abolition of Man

C. S. Lewis

HarperOne, 2001

How to fix what is broken
This book is a series of three talks where Lewis illustrates the breakdown of education , from a system which embraces natural law, truth, and virtue, to one which embraces much of nothing and feeds back nothing. It is perhaps a bit dated now as teaching methods have ...

When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: A True Story in the Movement for Prison Abolition

Jamie Bissonette

South End Press, 2008

Can we govern ourselves?
America: less than 1/6 of the world's population - more than 25% of the world's prison population. The 1971 Attica massacre shocked the world into awareness of the pervasive violence perpetrated by state authorities in our prisons. In Massachusetts, voters pledged ...

C.S. Lewis for the Third Millennium : Six Essays on the Abolition of Man

Peter Kreeft

Ignatius Press, 1994

Tonic for our times
This book is a treat. One of the great Christian apologists, writers and thinkers of the last century is discussed by one of the best of this century. Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, here gives us an introduction to the thought and influence of ...

Animals as Persons: Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation

Gary L. Francione

Columbia University Press, 2008

AR must-read
(Originally published at ananimalfriendlylife.com) Working Animals as Persons: Essays on on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation into my ridiculous schedule was relatively easy, in part because the book is comprised of individual, self-contained essays that allowed ...

At the End of the Ages...the Abolition of Hell

Bob Evely

1st Books Library, 2003

This book tells about a really loving God for ALL
I read this book in June, 2004, when I got it from a friend. It is really easy reading and is based on what the Bible actually teaches rather than what tradition and your pastor would say. We all need to get back to the basics in Bible study and see what the old ...

Slavery in White and Black: Class and Race in the Southern Slaveholders' New World Order
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Eugene D. Genovese

Cambridge University Press, 2008

Southern slaveholders proudly pronounced themselves orthodox Christians, who accepted responsibility for the welfare of the people who worked for them. They proclaimed that their slaves enjoyed a better and more secure life than any laboring class in the world. Now, did it not follow that the lives of laborers of all races across the world would ...

The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition
Thomas P. Slaughter

Hill and Wang, 2008

A biography of the famous eighteenth-century Quaker whose abolitionist fervor and spiritual practice made him a model for generations of Americans John Woolman (1720?72) was perhaps the most significant American of his age, though he was not a famous politician, general, or man of letters, and never held public office. A humble Quaker tailor in ...

Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire Interviews with Angela Y. Davis (Open Media)
Angela Y. Davis

Seven Stories Press, 2005

"Professor Angela Y. Davis is an unstoppable force of nature."- The Portland Alliance Revelations about US policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world's ...

The Abolition of Liberty

Peter Hitchens

Atlantic Books, 2004

Superb. Carved in stone.
If you've ever wondered why England is in such a pitiful state, or been a visitor and wondered why the cr*p hole you've seen doesn't really resemble anything you may have watched on the TV, then this book may fill in some of the blanks. Peter Hitchens has written a ...

The Abolition of Man & the Great Divorce

C. S. Lewis

Blackstone Audiobooks, 2000

Typicaly Great CS Lewis
If you're looking at this you probably already know CS Lewis was a great writer. My guess is you probaby have read both of these wonderful books. So why buy the audio? Because, it is a wonderful way to really get into the story in you spare time that's normaly wasted ...

Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807
Emma Christopher

Cambridge University Press, 2006

Despite the vast literature on the transatlantic slave trade, the role of sailors aboard slave ships has remained unexplored. This book fills that gap by examining every aspect of their working lives, from their reasons for signing on a slaving vessel, to their experiences in the Caribbean and the American South after their human cargoes had been ...

Six by Lewis box set: The Abolition of Man, The Great Divorce, Mere Christianity, Miracles, The Problem of ...

C. S. Lewis

MacMillan Publishing Company, 1978

The Very Best of the Best
Lewis was perhaps the greatest apologist of his time, and these are the very best of his writings. No other Christian writer has ever had the ability to put things so simply, yet eloquently.