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The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century

The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gerald HornePublish date:2020-06-30Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Monthly Review PressISBN-13:9781583678725ISBN-10:1583678727UPC:9781583678725Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Slavery, Modern, SociologyBook Topic:16th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC74KNY3ZS

Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne troubles America's settler colonialism's "creation myth"

August 2019 saw numerous commemorations of the year 1619, when what was said to be the first arrival of enslaved Africans occurred in North America. Yet in the 1520s, the Spanish, from their imperial perch in Santo Domingo, had already brought enslaved Africans to what was to become South Carolina. The enslaved people here quickly defected to local Indigenous populations, and compelled their captors to flee. Deploying such illuminating research, The Dawning of the Apocalypse is a riveting revision of the "creation myth" of settler colonialism and how the United States was formed. Here, Gerald Horne argues forcefully that, in order to understand the arrival of colonists from the British Isles in the early seventeenth century, one must first understand the "long sixteenth century"- from 1492 until the arrival of settlers in Virginia in 1607.

During this prolonged century, Horne contends, "whiteness" morphed into "white supremacy," and allowed England to co-opt not only religious minorities but also various nationalities throughout Europe, thus forging a muscular bloc that was needed to confront rambunctious Indigenes and Africans. In retelling the bloodthirsty story of the invasion of the Americas, Horne recounts how the fierce resistance by Africans and their Indigenous allies weakened Spain and enabled London to dispatch settlers to Virginia in 1607. These settlers laid the groundwork for the British Empire and its revolting spawn that became the United States of America.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Monthly Review PressISBN-13:9781583678725ISBN-10:1583678727UPC:9781583678725Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Slavery, Modern, SociologyBook Topic:16th CenturySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC74KNY3ZS
Horne, Gerald: - Gerald Horne is John J. and Rebecca Moores Professor of African American History at the University of Houston. He has published more than three dozen books, including The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism and Jazz and Justice, both by Monthly Review Press.
Publisher: Monthly Review Press

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