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zachcarter's review against another edition
5.0
Dr. Horne picks up the timeline from The Dawning of the Apocalypse to the arrival of The Apocalypse—that is, the success of the merchant class in the “Glorious Revolution” of 1688 (finishing what they started in the 1640s) was actually the dawning of the apocalypse for indigenes and Africans. He brilliantly lays out the turn of events in the construction of cross-class (and religion) coalitions, what Marx calls “the secret of primitive accumulation,” the true nature of Bacon’s Rebellion, and the irony in self-described “radicals” supporting the likes of Cromwell and the Glorious Revolution. It paves the path directly to 1776, covered in The Counter Revolution of 1766.
slimdot's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.5
starsdontfall's review against another edition
This is so good. I mean really good. This is something I would do as a historian and the best part is that you can tell the research behind it. What makes me insanely mad is that I'm using this for an essay and my professor highly criticized this book, we know why- it's called white-privileged-social democrat institution. And now I'm supposed to say that this is bad, barely explained and ideological. You know what's ideological? western europe's whole historiography. bye.
tony_t's review against another edition
5.0
This was not an easy read for me. It exposed the gaps in my knowledge of the events of the 17th century that profoundly shaped the formation of the U.S. I found the scope and extent of slavery generally and of indigenous and African slavery in particular heartbreaking and breathtaking. I also found it perversely facinating how slavery aided and abetted the rise of capitalism and white supremacy. Showing how these events continue to color events today made this volume, for me, one of the most important books I’ll read this year. Highly recommended.
chairchair's review against another edition
4.0
Though hard to read with some flipping back and forth through years, it lead me to rethink the white washing of pirates, the Caribbean and many other parts of history that encompassed slavery. Will need to read again to fully grasp some events!
annieblloyd's review
4.0
some really persuasive and incisive arguments and then also lots of contradictions and moments where it seemed like he had forgotten he wrote the same paragraph 30 pages prior
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