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Gunther W. Peck

Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Dept of History, Box 90719, Durham, NC 27708-0719
308 Classroom Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Counting Modern Slaves: Historicizing the Emancipatory Work of Numbers

Book section · July 1, 2021 Historians, like contemporary activists, use numbers to make moral claims: the greater the number of victims, the greater the moral value of a given phenomenon. But rarely do historians or contemporary activists reflect on how they use numbers or historici ... Full text Cite

Feminizing White Slavery in the United States

Book section · May 1, 2011 Between 1890 and 1910, a dramatic shift occurred in cultural perceptions of public policies toward "white slavery" in North America, with stories about trafficked female prostitutes displacing stories about working-class victims of monopoly capitalism-a "f ... Full text Cite

Movement Culture in Durham, North Carolina (forthcoming)

Book section An essay in a volume on the the life, work, and significance of Professor Larry Goodwyn. ... Cite