Beschreibung
A provocative interpretation of early US history arguing that abolitionism among the founders was motivated by white racism
Timothy Messer-Kruse is professor of ethnic studies at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He is the author of numerous books, including The Yankee International: Marxism and the American Reform Tradition, 1848-1876, The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks and The Trial of the Haymarket Anarchists: Terrorism and Justice in the Gilded Age, which was named ‚Best Labor History Book of 2012‘ by the journal Labor History.