Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Trim: 7 x 9
978-0-7425-1476-8 • Paperback • August 2004 • $54.00 • (£37.95)
Ronald P. Salzberger is a professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. Mary C. Turck is currently the editor of Connections to the Americas.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 General Introduction
Part 3 INDISPENSABLE PRELIMINARIES
Part 4 Part I: Why Reparations? Slavery and Its Aftermath
Chapter 5 The Conditions of Slavery
Chapter 6 Restoring White Supremacy: Jim Crow
Chapter 7 The Continuing Injuries of Slavery and Jim Crow
Chapter 8 Slavery's Insults: The Continuing Nonmaterial Injuries of Slavery
Part 9 Part II: Early Reparations Initiatives
Chapter 10 Nineteenth Century
Chapter 11 Reading 1Reparations Bill for the African Slaves in the United States-The First Session Fortieth Congress
Chapter 12 Reading 2Thaddeus Stevens, Quoted Speaking to the U.S. House of Representatives on Section 4 of H.R. 29-The 1867 Slave Reparation Bill
Chapter 13 Mid-Twentieth Century
Chapter 14 Reading 1James Forman, Black Manifesto-1969
Chapter 15 Reading 2Hugo Bedau, Summary of Compensatory Justice and the Black Manifesto
Chapter 16 Reading 3H.R. 40, IH 33, 106th Congress, 1st Session
Chapter 17 Reading 4The Official Record from Hansard of the Debate Initiated by Lord Gifford QC in the House of Lords of the British Parliament on 14th March 1996 Concerning the African Reparations
Part 18 THE MAIN QUESTIONS
Part 19 Part III: The Contemporary Moral Debate Over Restitution
Chapter 20 Reparations for Slavery in the Popular Press
Chapter 21 Reading 1David Horowitz, "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Blacks Is a Bad Idea for Blacks-And Racist Too"
Chapter 22 Reading 2Ernest Allen Jr. and Robert Chrisman, "Ten Reasons: A Response to David Horowitz"
Chapter 23 Reparations for Slavery in Scholarly Writing
Chapter 24 Reading 1Robert K. Fullinwider, "The Case For Reparations"
Chapter 25 Reading 2Stephen Kershnar, "The Case Against Reparations"
Part 26 Part IV: Underlying Questions of Responsibility and Entitlement
Chapter 27 Collective Responsibility: Am I Responsible for the Misdeeds of Others?
Chapter 28 Reading 1Nicholas Rescher, "Collective Responsibility"
Chapter 29 Reading 2Samuel Scheffler, "Relationships and Responsibilities"
Chapter 30 Historical Responsibility: Are the Sins of the Fathers to Be Visited on Their Great Great Grandchildren?
Chapter 31 Reading 1George Sher, "Ancient Wrongs and Modern Rights"
Chapter 32 Reading 2Jeremy Waldron, "Superseding Historic Injustice"
Chapter 33 Reading 3Janna Thompson, "Historical Obligations"
Chapter 34 Reading 4Janna Thompson, "Historical Injustice and Reparations: Justifying Claims of Descendants"
Part 35 IMPORTANT SUBSIDIARY ISSUES
Part 36 Part V: Some Devilish Details
Chapter 37 Legal Matters
Chapter 38 Reading 1"Making the Case for Racial Reparations," Harpers Magazine
Chapter 39 Economic Calculations
Chapter 40 Reading 1Dalton Conley, "Wealth Matters," from Being Black, Living in the Red
Part 41 Part VI: Alternatives
Chapter 43 Reading 1Martha Minow, from Between Vengeance and Forgiveness
Chapter 44 Bibliography
Chapter 45 Index
Chapter 46 About the Contributors
Provides a valuable introduction to the question of reparations. Recommended.
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