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Ethnic conflict often focuses on culturally charged symbols and
rituals that evoke strong emotions from all sides. Marc Howard Ross
examines battles over diverse cultural expressions, including
Islamic headscarves in France, parades in Northern Ireland, holy
sites in Jerusalem and Confederate flags in the American South to
propose a psychocultural framework for understanding ethnic
conflict, as well as barriers to, and opportunities for, its
mitigation. His analysis explores how culture frames interests,
structures demand-making and shapes how opponents can find common
ground to produce constructive outcomes to long-term disputes. He
focuses on participants' accounts of conflict to identify
emotionally significant issues, and the power of cultural
expressions to link individuals to larger identities and shape
action. Ross shows that, contrary to popular belief, culture does
not necessarily exacerbate conflict; rather, the constructed nature
of psychocultural narratives can facilitate successful conflict
mitigation through the development of more inclusive narratives and
identities.
In 2002, we learned that President George Washington had eight
(and, later, nine) enslaved Africans in his house while he lived in
Philadelphia from 1790 to 1797. The house was only one block from
Independence Hall and, though torn down in 1832, it housed the
enslaved men and women Washington brought to the city as well as
serving as the country's first executive office building. Intense
controversy erupted over what this newly resurfaced evidence of
enslaved people in Philadelphia meant for the site that was next
door to the new home for the Liberty Bell. How could slavery best
be remembered and memorialized in the birthplace of American
freedom? For Marc Howard Ross, this conflict raised a related and
troubling question: why and how did slavery in the North fade from
public consciousness to such a degree that most Americans have
perceived it entirely as a "Southern problem"? Although slavery was
institutionalized throughout the Northern as well as the Southern
colonies and early states, the existence of slavery in the North
and its significance for the region's economic development has
rarely received public recognition. In Slavery in the North, Ross
not only asks why enslavement disappeared from the North's
collective memories but also how the dramatic recovery of these
memories in recent decades should be understood. Ross undertakes an
exploration of the history of Northern slavery, visiting sites such
as the African Burial Ground in New York, Independence National
Historical Park in Philadelphia, the ports of Rhode Island, old
mansions in Massachusetts, prestigious universities, and
rediscovered burying grounds. Inviting the reader to accompany him
on his own journey of discovery, Ross recounts the processes by
which Northerners had collectively forgotten 250 years of human
bondage and the recent-and continuing-struggles over recovering,
and commemorating, what it entailed.
This is a new release of the original 1949 edition.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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