Hinton RHelper's Book the Impending Crisis of the South Argued That

question 16

Multiple Choice

Hinton R.Helper's book The Impending Crisis of the South argued that those who suffered most from slavery were

• A) African Americans.
• B) southern planters.
• C) free blacks.
• D) southern merchants and businesspeople.
• E) nonslaveholding southern whites.

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Definitions:

Orientalism

A concept that describes the West's patronizing perceptions and depictions of Middle Eastern, Asian, and North African societies, often stereotypical and rooted in colonial attitudes.

Hegemony

A concept in political and sociological theory referring to the dominance of one group over others, often exercised through cultural and ideological means rather than by sheer force.

Post-structuralism

An intellectual movement criticizing the assumptions and methodologies of structuralism, emphasizing the instability of meaning and the complexities of power relations.

Abnormalizing

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