Re: Wallerstein on slavery and capitalism

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly.  My friend, Phil Levine, who also lost tenure because he spent too much
time teaching and teaching well, wrote a good critique of them.  I don't recall 
the
book in which it appeared.

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

> Fogel & Engerman claim that the
> American slaves, having internalized the "Protestant work ethic,"
> were "diligent," "responsible," and "hardworking" -- Frederick
> Douglass, W. E. B. DuBois, Robin Kelley, and all other radicals'
> commentaries on slaves' resistance to work notwithstanding.
>

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