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American Mediterranean

Southern Slaveholders in the Age of Emancipation

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  • Honorable Mention, 2009 Gordon K. & Sybil Lewis Award, Caribbean Studies Association
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Five Reasons Why You Should Read Thomas Piketty’s A Brief History of Equality

In his surprising and powerful new work, A Brief History of Equality, Thomas Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. We asked him about his impassioned new book: why he wrote it, how it’s optimistic, and what we need to do to continue making progress on creating an equitable world. …