Quakers raised some of the first voices against slavery in the seventeenth century. They were als... more Quakers raised some of the first voices against slavery in the seventeenth century. They were also the first group of people to actively oppose slavery, abolishing it from the Society of Friends in 1776. Yet Friends were noticeably reluctant to treat African Americans as social or ...
They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History, the much-anticipated new book by prominent oral histo... more They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History, the much-anticipated new book by prominent oral historian Alessandro Portelli, was well worth the twenty-year wait. This new book is more than a history of this fabled area of Kentucky; it is a labor of love. Portelli spent those twenty years collecting oral history interviews with Harlan County inhabitants. The result is an in-depth portrait of a community that experienced hard times and good times, times of peace and times of war, and times of loss and times of redemption. The indomitable spirit of Harlan County’s people pervades this fascinating glimpse into the complexities of their history and their lives.
... Drawing on the existing literature in the field, including Margaret Crawford's Build... more ... Drawing on the existing literature in the field, including Margaret Crawford's Building theWorkingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns (London and New York: Verso, 1995) and Tamara Hareven and Randolph Langenbach's Amoskeag: Life and Work in ...
Quakers raised some of the first voices against slavery in the seventeenth century. They were als... more Quakers raised some of the first voices against slavery in the seventeenth century. They were also the first group of people to actively oppose slavery, abolishing it from the Society of Friends in 1776. Yet Friends were noticeably reluctant to treat African Americans as social or ...
They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History, the much-anticipated new book by prominent oral histo... more They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History, the much-anticipated new book by prominent oral historian Alessandro Portelli, was well worth the twenty-year wait. This new book is more than a history of this fabled area of Kentucky; it is a labor of love. Portelli spent those twenty years collecting oral history interviews with Harlan County inhabitants. The result is an in-depth portrait of a community that experienced hard times and good times, times of peace and times of war, and times of loss and times of redemption. The indomitable spirit of Harlan County’s people pervades this fascinating glimpse into the complexities of their history and their lives.
... Drawing on the existing literature in the field, including Margaret Crawford's Build... more ... Drawing on the existing literature in the field, including Margaret Crawford's Building theWorkingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns (London and New York: Verso, 1995) and Tamara Hareven and Randolph Langenbach's Amoskeag: Life and Work in ...
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