Eugene Genovese

Eugene Genovese
Born
Eugene Dominic Genovese

(1930-05-19)May 19, 1930
DiedSeptember 26, 2012(2012-09-26) (aged 82)
Alma materBrooklyn College (BA)
Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Spouse
(m. 1969; died 2007)
AwardsBancroft Prize (1975)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Rochester
Rutgers University
Sir George Williams University

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]

  1. ^ Gottfried, Paul (September 27, 2012). "Eugene D. Genovese, R.I.P." The American Conservative. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Hudson & Namusoke 2017, p. 6.
  3. ^ a b Hudson & Namusoke 2017, p. 9.
  4. ^ Hudson & Namusoke 2017, p. 58.