Horace Orlando Patterson is a Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for his work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica, as well as the sociology of development. He is the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, and his 1991 book Freedom in the Making of Western Culture won the United States National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountWestmoreland Parish, Jamaica 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountDeveloped the concept of social death in the comparative study of slavery and wrote on the sociology of freedom and development. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountFreedom in the Making of Western Culture (1991) 1 Connections
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Patterson Slavery and Social Death offered a comparative theory of slavery as a form of social death across a wide range of world historical societies.
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1. Wikipedia: Orlando Patterson
WikipediaEarly life and education section, opening sentence
Horace Orlando Patterson was born on 5 June 1940 in Westmoreland Parish, Jamaica, to Almina Morris and Charles A. Patterson.
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Horace Orlando Patterson is a Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for his work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica, as well as the sociology of development.
Career section
Patterson is best known for his work on the relationship between slavery and social death, which he has worked on extensively and written several books about.
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Patterson's 1991 book Freedom in the Making of Western Culture won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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