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Roll, Jordan, Roll
Eugene D. Genovese · 初版 1974 年
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这部关于美国南部奴隶制的里程碑式历史著作曾荣获 Bancroft Prize，它通过阐明奴隶社会中抵制非人化待遇的诸多反抗形式，挑战了人们对奴隶的传统看法。历史学家 Eugene Genovese 没有一味强调奴隶制的残酷与屈辱，而是探究了奴隶如何通过文化、音乐和宗教迫使其奴隶主承认他们的人性。在这本著作中，奴隶绝非被动的受害者，而是积极应对奴隶主文化的家长制，以此维护自身的自尊与抱负
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如果你想找一本围绕奴隶与奴隶主、视角更偏个人化的书（鉴于如今的一大问题似乎是普遍缺乏 theory of mind，这或许是最好的切入点），我推荐 Genovese 的《Roll, Jordan, Roll》。
If you want a more personal book around slaves and slave-holders, which may be best since it seems one of the large problems of today is a general lack of theory of mind, I'd recommend Genovese's Roll, Jordan, Roll.
…说《Beloved》很枯燥。而且，这又回到了我关于思想多样性（intellectual diversity）的观点上。如果你真想全面了解奴隶制下的生活是怎样的，你就得去读像《Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made》或者《A South Side view of slavery》（http://books.google.com/books?id=L1USAAAAIAAJ&printsec=f... ）这样的书。不用说，这两本书在大学里都吃不开。事实上，…
…say that Beloved was tedious. Also, this goes back to my point about intellectual diversity. If you really want to get a full picture of what life was like under slavery you need to read books like "Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made" or "A South Side view of slavery" http://books.google.com/books?id=L1USAAAAIAAJ&printsec=f... Needless to say, neither of these books is popular in the university. In fact,…