Eugene Genovese | |
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Born | Eugene Dominic Genovese May 19, 1930 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | September 26, 2012 | (aged 82)
Alma mater | Brooklyn College (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
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Awards | Bancroft Prize (1975) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Rochester Rutgers University Sir George Williams University |
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Eugene Dominic Genovese (May 19, 1930 – September 26, 2012)[1] was an American historian of the American South and American slavery.[2][3] He was noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power,[2] class and relations between planters and slaves in the South.[3] His book Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made won the Bancroft Prize.[4] He later abandoned the left and Marxism and embraced traditionalist conservatism. He wrote during the Cold War and his political beliefs were viewed by some as highly controversial at the time.[2]