Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg. A National Book Award FinalistThe extraordinary story of how the vatican's imprisonment of a six-year-old Jewish boy in 1858 helped to bring about the collapse of the popes' worldly power in Italy.Bologna: nightfall; June 1858. A knock sounds at the door of the Jewish merchant Momolo Mortara. Two officers of the Inquisition bust inside and seize Mortara's six-year-old son; Edgardo. As the boy is wrenched from his father's arms; his mother collapses. The reason for his abduction: the boy had been secretly "baptized" by a family servant. According to papal law; the child is therefore a Catholic who can be taken from his family and delivered to a special monastery where his conversion will be completed. With this terrifying scene; prize-winning historian David I. Kertzer begins the true story of how one boy's kidnapping became a pivotal event in the collapse of the Vatican as a secular power. The book evokes the anguish of a modest merchant's family; the rhythms of daily life in a Jewish ghetto; and also explores; through the revolutionary campaigns of Mazzini and Garibaldi and such personages as Napoleon III; the emergence of Italy as a modern national state. Moving and informative; the Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara reads as both a historical thriller and an authoritative analysis of how a single human tragedy changed the course of history.
#369033 in Books Gerda Lerner 1992-11-17 1992-11-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.00 x 1.40 x 5.20l; 1.06 #File Name: 0679743146672 pagesBlack Women in White America A Documentary History
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A must read book!!!By TombRaiderBlack woman in White American suffered in many ways that psycologically killed them. This book will give an insight to all the minds that were affected during this time in history. I'm sure you will really enjoy this reading.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Black women in white AmericaBy Flora SeawoodThis book was an eye opener for me. I knew that black women were disrespected but not as much as I know now. This helped me to elaborate on how external and internalized sociocultural identities are formed.Thank you30 of 31 people found the following review helpful. remarkableBy doc peterson"Black Women in White America" is outstanding. Naturally the book provides some remarkable documents about slavery; but there is so much more covered in this fabulous book. The experiences of African - American women seeking to get (and give) an education; the experiences of African-American women as mere sex objects (and their stories of being objectified by men of all races); the crusade against lynching ... I was floored by the variety and amount of sources contained in this book. It is quite comprehensive in its breadth and scope.As a historian and teacher; this is a marvelous resource. As a student and American; it is a moving true-life story that is regretfully often untold. Highly recommended reading.
