Orlando Patterson

In the first essay, Patterson analyzes the very latest survey data to delineate the different attitudes, behaviours, and circumstances of Afro-American men and women, dissecting…

For many years Orlando Patterson has been a major contributor to the public discussion of race in America. In this eagerly anticipated new volume, the…

This magisterial work traces the history of our most cherished value. Patterson links the birth of freedom in primitive societies with the institution of slavery,…