George M. Fredrickson

George M. Fredrickson
George M. Fredrickson by David Levine

George M. Fredrickson is Edgar E. Robinson Professor of US History Emeritus at Stanford. His most recent books are Racism: A Short History and Not Just Black and White, a collection co-edited with Nancy Foner. (August 2006)

From the Review

August 10, 2006: Redcoat Liberation*

Epic Journeys of Freedom: Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty by Cassandra Pybus

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by Simon Schama

The Forgotten Fifth: African Americans in the Age of Revolution by Gary B. Nash

May 25, 2006: They'll Take Their Stand*

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World by David Brion Davis

The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene D. Genovese

November 17, 2005: Still Separate & Unequal*

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

July 14, 2005: The Long Trek to Freedom*

Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery by Steven M. Wise

Slave Country: American Expansion and the Origins of the Deep South by Adam Rothman

Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America by Fergus M. Bordewich

The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves by Andrew Levy

October 21, 2004: Is There Hope for the South?*

Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent edited by Anthony Dunbar

March 25, 2004: America's Original Sin*

Challenging the Boundaries of Slavery by David Brion Davis

Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves by Ira Berlin

The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery by Don E. Fehrenbacher, completed and edited by Ward M. McAfee

February 28, 2002: Wise Man*

Hanging Together: Unity and Diversity in American Culture by John Higham, edited by Carl J. Guarneri

February 8, 2001: The Double Life of W.E.B. Du Bois*

W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919–1963 by David Levering Lewis

February 8, 2001: The Election Mess (letter)

November 2, 2000: The Skeleton in the Closet*

Slave Narratives edited by William L. Andrews, by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Born in Bondage: Growing Up Enslaved in the Antebellum South by Marie Jenkins Schwartz

Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market by Walter Johnson

June 15, 2000: 'The Darker Side' (letter)

May 6, 1999: The Strange Death of Segregation*

Making Race and Nation: A Comparison of the United States, South Africa, and Brazil by Anthony W. Marx

Loosing the Bonds: The United States and South Africa in the Apartheid Years by Robert Kinloch Massie

November 20, 1997: 'America's Caste System': Two Exchanges

October 23, 1997: America's Caste System: Will It Change?*

Liberal Racism by Jim Sleeper

America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible by Stephan Thernstrom, by Abigail Thernstrom

A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America by David K. Shipler

The Ordeal of Integration: Progress and Resentment in America's "Racial" Crisis by Orlando Patterson

April 18, 1996: Far from the Promised Land*

Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics by Manning Marable

Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks

Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought and Policy by Stephen Steinberg

The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can't Think Straight About Race by Benjamin DeMott

April 4, 1996: Land of Opportunity?*

Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul of the Nation by Jennifer L Hochschild

October 19, 1995: Demonizing the American Dilemma*

The End of Racism: Principles for a Multiracial Society by Dinesh D'Souza

September 23, 1993: Pioneer*

Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938–1988 by John Hope Franklin

The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-First Century by John Hope Franklin

The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin edited by Eric Anderson, edited by Alfred A. Moss Jr.

March 25, 1993: The Old New Order*

The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction by Edward L. Ayers

September 26, 1991: 'Illiberal Education': An Exchange

September 26, 1991: African Americans & African Africans*

Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare by James H. Cone

The Unbreakable Thread: Non-Racialism in South Africa by Julie Frederikse

Sobukwe and Apartheid by Benjamin Pogrund

September 27, 1990: The Making of Mandela*

A History of South Africa by Leonard Thompson

The Struggle: A History of the African National Congress by Heidi Holland

South Africa Belongs to Us: A History of the ANC by Francis Meli

Apartheid's Rebels: Inside South Africa's Hidden War by Stephen M. Davis

Higher Than Hope: The Authorized Biography of Nelson Mandela by Fatima Meer

October 26, 1989: Can South Africa Change?*

In the Name of Apartheid: South Africa in the Postwar Period by Martin Meredith

South Africa: No Turning Back edited by Shaun Johnson, foreword by Lord Bullock

Inside Apartheid: One Woman's Struggle in South Africa by Janet Levine

Democratic Liberalism in South Africa: Its History and Prospect edited by Jeffrey Butler, edited by Richard Elphick, edited by David Welsh

After Apartheid: The Solution for South Africa by Frances Kendall, by Leon Louw, foreword by Samuel Motsuenyane

Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge by Francis Wilson, by Mamphela Ramphele

Can South Africa Survive? Five Minutes to Midnight edited by John D. Brewer

April 23, 1987: Down on the Farm*

The Countryside in the Age of Capitalist Transformation: Essays in the Social History of Rural America edited by Steven Hahn, edited by Jonathan Prude

Sugar Creek: Life on the Illinois Prairie by John Mack Faragher

November 21, 1985: Redemption Through Violence*

The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890 by Richard Slotkin

June 27, 1985: Self-Made Hero*

Young Frederick Douglass: The Maryland Years by Dickson J. Preston

The Mind of Frederick Douglass by Waldo E. Martin Jr.

December 6, 1984: Panic in the South*

The Crucible of Race: Black–White Relations in the American South Since Emancipation by Joel Williamson

November 8, 1984: Birth of a Nation*

Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy by Eric Foner

The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850–1890 by Steven Hahn

White Land, Black Labor: Caste and Class in Late Nineteenth-Century Georgia by Charles L. Flynn Jr.

January 19, 1984: Class Act*

Fruits of Merchant Capital: Slavery and Bourgeois Property in the Rise and Expansion of Capitalism by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, by Eugene D. Genovese

July 15, 1982: Lincoln and His Legend*

Lincoln's Quest for Union: Public and Private Meanings by Charles B. Strozier

Abraham Lincoln: The Quest for Immortality by Dwight G. Anderson

March 18, 1982: Settlers and 'Savages' on Two Frontiers*

The Frontier in History: North America and Southern Africa Compared edited by Howard Lamar, edited by Leonard Thompson

The Shaping of South African Society, 1652-1820 edited by Richard Elphick, edited by Hermann Giliomee

Economy and Society in Pre-Industrial South Africa edited by Shula Marks, edited by Anthony Atmore

May 28, 1981: The Experiment at Davis Bend*

The Pursuit of a Dream by Janet Sharp Hermann

November 9, 1978: A Founding Family*

Chariot of Fire: Religion and the Beecher Family by Marie Caskey

Henry Ward Beecher: Spokesman for a Middle-Class America by Clifford E. Clark Jr.

November 25, 1976: Disclaimer (letter)

September 30, 1976: The Gutman Report*

The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925 by Herbert G. Gutman

October 16, 1975: The Uses of Antislavery*

The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 by David Brion Davis

October 31, 1974: Will South Africa Explode?*

No Neutral Ground by Joel Carlson

Justice in South Africa by Albie Sachs

Modernizing Racial Domination: The Dynamics of South African Politics by Heribert Adam

A Taste of Power by Peter Randall

May 16, 1974: The Moor Oppressed? (letter)

February 7, 1974: Why Blacks Were Left Out*

The White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States by Winthrop D. Jordan

Books by George M. Fredrickson

Racism: A Short History (2002)
The Comparative Imagination: On the History of Racism, Nationalism, and Social Movements (1997)
Black Liberation: A Comparative History of Black Ideologies in the United States and South Africa (1995)
The Inner Civil War: Northern Intellectuals and the Crisis of the Union (1993)
The Arrogance of Race: Historical Perspectives on Slavery, Racism, and Social Inequality (1988)
White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History (1981)
The Black Image in the White Mind: The Debate on Afro-American Character and Destiny, 1817-1914 (1971)