Bury the Chains

Zusatztext Bury the Chains is a thrilling, substantive, and oftentimes raw work of narrative history. Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air Hochschild has crafted a powerfully inspiring tale . . . A chronicle of a rare and radiant victory. Kirkus Reviews , starred review A brilliantly told tale, at once horrifying and pleasurable to read. Publishers Weekly, starred review Bury the Chains is a vital testament to difficult hope. Minneapolis Star-Tribune A superb account . . . a witty, wonderfully readable narrative. Grade: A. Entertainment Weekly A moral text with the dramatic power of a great epic novel. St. Louis Post-Dispatch There are few books that that could serve as a required and much-loved text for a high school history class and also a compelling Sunday afternoon read for anyone. This is one of those books. Chicago Sun-Times Bury the Chains is by far the most readable and rounded account we have of British anti-slavery. Los Angeles Times One quickly runs out of superlatives when praising this book. Christian Science Monito r Terrifically readable . . . inspiring. San Jose Mercury News Hochschild has a knack for vivid portraits, and an eye for arresting detail. Boston Globe Informationen zum Autor ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of ten books. King Leopold's Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California. Klappentext Adam Hochschild's Bury the Chains is the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history?the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History A National Book Award Finalist A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller In early 1787, twelve men?a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery?came together in a London printing shop and began the world's first grassroots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due at last. "Bury the Chains is by far the most readable and rounded account we have of British antislavery, a campaign that...helped to change the world and can be seen as a prototype of the modern social justice movement"?Los Angeles Times Book Review Leseprobe INTRODUCTION: TWELVE MEN IN A PRINTING SHOP Strangely, in a city where it seems that on almost every block a famous event or resident is commemorated by a blue and white glazed plaque, none marks this spot. All you can see today, after you leave the Bank station of the London Underground, walk several blocks, and then take a few steps into a courtyard, are a few low, nondescript office buildings, an ancient pub, and, on the site itself, 2 George Yard, a glass and steel high-rise. Nothing remains of the bookstore and printing shop that once stood here, or recalls the spring day more than two hundred years ago when a dozen peoplea somber- looking crew, most of them not removing their high-crowned black hatsfiled through ...

“Bury the Chains is a thrilling, substantive, and oftentimes raw work of narrative history.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR's “Fresh Air” “Hochschild has crafted a powerfully inspiring tale . . . A chronicle of a rare and radiant victory.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “A brilliantly told tale, at once horrifying and pleasurable to read.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Bury the Chains is a vital testament to difficult hope.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune “A superb account . . . a witty, wonderfully readable narrative. Grade: A.” —Entertainment Weekly “A moral text with the dramatic power of a great epic novel.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch “There are few books that that could serve as a required and much-loved text for a high school history class and also a compelling Sunday afternoon read for anyone. This is one of those books.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Bury the Chains is by far the most readable and rounded account we have of British anti-slavery.” —Los Angeles Times “One quickly runs out of superlatives when praising this book.” —Christian Science Monitor “Terrifically readable . . . inspiring.” —San Jose Mercury News “Hochschild has a knack for vivid portraits, and an eye for arresting detail.” —Boston Globe  

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ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of eleven books. King Leopold’s Ghost was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His Bury the Chains was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California.

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*Adam Hochschild's *Bury the Chains is the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history?the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire.

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History
A National Book Award Finalist
A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller

In early 1787, twelve men?a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery?came together in a London printing shop and began the world's first grassroots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements. A deft chronicle of this groundbreaking antislavery crusade and its powerful enemies, Bury the Chains gives a little-celebrated human rights watershed its due at last.

"Bury the Chains is by far the most readable and rounded account we have of British antislavery, a campaign that...helped to change the world and can be seen as a prototype of the modern social justice movement"?Los Angeles Times Book Review

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INTRODUCTION: TWELVE MEN IN A PRINTING SHOP

Strangely, in a city where it seems that on almost every block a famous event or resident is commemorated by a blue and white glazed plaque, none marks this spot. All you can see today, after you leave the Bank station of the London Underground, walk several blocks, and then take a few steps into a courtyard, are a few low, nondescript office buildings, an ancient pub, and, on the site itself, 2 George Yard, a glass and steel high-rise. Nothing remains of the bookstore and printing shop that once stood here, or recalls the spring day more than two hundred years ago when a dozen people—a somber- looking crew, most of them not removing their high-crowned black hats—filed through its door and sat down for a meeting. Cities build monuments to kings, prime ministers, and generals, not to citizens with no official position who once gathered in a printing shop. Yet what these citizens began rippled across the world and we feel its aftereffects still. It is no wonder that they won the admiration of the first and greatest student of what we now …