A testament to the power of the human spirit under conditions of extreme oppression, this landmark history of slavery in the South challenged conventional views by illuminating the many forms of resistance to dehumanization that developed in slave society.Displaying keen insight into the minds of both enslaved persons and slaveholders, historian Eugene Genovese investigates the ways that enslaved persons forced their owners to acknowledge their humanity through cul...

Jaloezie is een machtig wapen. En in de liefde is alles geoorloofd... Holly is diep geschokt. Hoe heeft haar vriend haar in vredesnaam aan de dijk kunnen zetten voor haar vroegere klasgenootje Rosamund? Dat moet een bevlieging zijn. Hij zal snel genoeg begrijpen dat hij een fout heeft gemaakt, en dus zal ze op hem wachten. Om ervoor te zorgen dat hij vlug tot inkeer komt, besluit ze te doen alsof zij en Drew Hammond, die op zijn beurt door Rosamund aan de kant is gezet, elkaars minnaars zi...

Roll Jordan Roll (1974) is a study of the relationship between master and slave in the United States in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Genovese looks beyond the idea of paternalism—where owners limited slaves’ freedoms for their own good—suggesting the relationship was more complex. Slaves were not passive; they used sophisticated techniques to survive, accepting some slave master demands while negotiating certain rights and concessions—all the while maintaining their sense of humanity ...

Once, John Irish was a legend in the porn industry, partying with the likes of John Holmes, Peter North, Nina Hartley, and Seka, but now he's on the far side of fifty, and Ron Jeremy won't even return his phone calls. Desperate for any kind of paying work, he's sunk to the level of bit roles in grade-Z porn and is even considering applying to work at Wal-Mart, when hot-blooded starlet Mindy Copperhead comes into his life. He quickly discovers she's far more than a simple blowjob artist, bu...

Most studies of slavery are underpinned by ideology and idealism. Eugene Genovese's ground-breaking book takes a stand against both these influences, arguing not only that all ideological history is bad history – a remarkable statement, coming from a self-professed Marxist – but also that slavery itself can only be understood if master and slave are studied together, rather than separately.Genovese's most important insight, which makes this book a fine example of the critical think...

In 1958 Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed in the chest by a deranged woman at a Harlem book signing. His recovery and three-hour conversation with the Black mystic Howard Thurman changed the course of Civil Rights history. This full-cast audiobook explores this conversation and the decades of revolution, community building, and lived experiences that preceded it.