BIBFRAME Work

Title

The shadow that lingers

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Cooper, Allan D. (aut)

Subject

• Liberty (LCSH)
• Slavery--History (LCSH)
• Human rights--History (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• LCC: HT867 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• DDC: 306.3/6209 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"Cooper shows how the reaction to slavery unveiled the characteristics of freedom and established the foundation for the human rights movement. The book demonstrates how the legacy of slavery continues to shape individual identity as well as the nature of state power to exercise discipline and control over its citizens"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Preface -- The authoritarian imagination -- The cybernetics of enslavement -- Slavery and reactance -- The legal architecture of freedom -- White reactance following emancipation -- Carcerality and freedom of movement -- Anomalies in the ideologies of domination -- Conclusion : freedom as the process of becoming human.

Authorized Access Point

Cooper, Allan D. The shadow that lingers

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:56.427894+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23026397

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
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• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc