John Brown Still Lives!
America's Long Reckoning with Violence, Equality, and Change
R. Blakeslee Gilpin
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/2011
Pages: 296
Subject: History, Social Science
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Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807869277
DESCRIPTION
Gilpin argues that the endless distortions of John Brown, misrepresentations of a man and a cause simultaneously noble and terrible, have only obscured our understanding of the past and loosened our grasp of the historical episodes that define America's struggles for racial equality. By showing Brown's central role in the relationship between the American past and the American present, Gilpin clarifies Brown's complex legacy and highlights his importance in the nation's ongoing struggle with the role of violence, the meaning of equality, and the intertwining paths these share with the process of change.