'History Makes Its Demands': Identity politics, slavery scholarship and the narrative of Robert Starobin

• Published in: Rethinking history Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 151 - 174
• Main Author: McMillian, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 01.06.2002
• Subjects: Black Power-INTELLECTUAL History; Robert Starobin; Slavery-HISTORIOGRAPHY New Left-HISTORIANS

Robert Starobin was a promising historian and social activist who earned his PhD in American history from Berkeley in 1968, and committed suicide in 1971. His main scholarly accomplishment was his 1970 monograph, Industrial Slavery in the Old South . However, his career remains of interest today bec...