Edward E. Baptist

Edward E. Baptist is an Associate Professor of History at Cornell University, specializing in the history of the 19th century United States, and particularly the South. Thematically, he has been interested in the History of Capitalism, and has also been interested in digital humanities methodologies. He is the author of numerous books.

Early life and education

Baptist grew up in Durham, North Carolina.^[1] He graduated from Georgetown University and earned his doctorate from University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.^[2] He lives in Ithaca, New York.^[1]

Career

Baptist is the Associate Professor of History at Cornell University. His areas of interest are 19th century United States and especially the history of enslavement in America.^[2] Baptist is the author of many articles and books including The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism and the award winning Creating an Old South.^[1]

In September 2014, Baptist's work came to prominence when The Economist gave his book The Half Has Never Been Told an unfavorable review for characterizing slaveowners negatively. The review generated widespread outrage against the publication and resulted in a rare withdrawal of the article and an apology from the magazine.^[3]

Bibliography

• (2002) Creating an Old South: Middle Florida's Plantation Frontier before the Civil War. The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0807853535^[4]
• (2006) New Studies in the History of American Slavery. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0820326948^[5]
• (2014) American Capitalism: A Reader. Louis Hyman and Edward E. Baptist. Simon & Schuster.^[6]
• (2014) The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465002962^[7]

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