wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Lincoln and the Negro
ISBN: 9780306804472 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. First published in 1962, Lincoln and the Negro was the first book to examine in detail how Lincoln faced the problem of the status of black people in American democracy, and it remains unsurpassed. Starting with Lincoln's childhood attitudes, Benjamin Quarles traces the development of Lincoln's thought in relation to the African American, a development which was to culminate in the Emancipation Proclamation. Concerned at first with methods of colonization outside the United States, Lincoln came later to advocate not only emancipation of the slaves, but also equal political rights for...
First published in 1962, Lincoln and the Negro was the first book to examine in detail how Lincoln faced the problem of the status of black peo...
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96,75 zł |
Black Abolitionists
ISBN: 9780306804250 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. While much is known about the white men and women who were involved in the anti-slavery movement, the black abolitionists have been largely ignored. This book, written by one of America's leading black historians, sets the record straight. As Benjamin Quarles shows, blacks were anything but passive in the abolitionist movement. Many of the pioneers of abolition were black; dozens of black preachers and writers actively promoted the cause; black organizations were founded to support their brothers; black ambassadors for freedom crossed the Atlantic; blacks were instrumental in the operation of...
While much is known about the white men and women who were involved in the anti-slavery movement, the black abolitionists have been largely ignored. T...
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121,89 zł |
Allies for Freedom & Blacks on John Brown
ISBN: 9780306809613 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. John Brown is an endlessly fascinating historical figure. Here are two classic studies by a pioneer in African American studies, one about the place of John Brown in African American history, the other about the reasons for the unique esteem in which he has been held by successive generations of blacks.This two-in-one edition features a new introduction by William S. McFeely, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Grant: A Biography.
John Brown is an endlessly fascinating historical figure. Here are two classic studies by a pioneer in African American studies, one about the place o...
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160,22 zł |
Negro in the American Revolution
ISBN: 9780807846032 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military history of the Revolution and addressed for the first time the diplomatic repercussions created by the British evacuation of African Americans at the close of the war. The compelling narrative brings the Revolution to life by portraying those tumultuous years as experienced by Americans at all levels of society.
In an introduction, Gary... Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans dur...
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235,59 zł |
The Negro in the Civil War
ISBN: 9780306803505 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Quarles writes powerfully about the role of three-and-a-half million blacks in the South, who were impressed into non-combatant service building forts and entrenchments, working in factories and mines. In the North, black Americans fought with distinction on the front lines, shedding blood for an ideal-emancipation-that was cruelly betrayed during Reconstruction.
Quarles writes powerfully about the role of three-and-a-half million blacks in the South, who were impressed into non-combatant service building forts...
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138,53 zł |
Negro in the Making of America: Third Edition Revised, Updated, and Expanded
ISBN: 9780684818887 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The bestselling, definitive study of African Americans throughout American history, now with a new introduction by noted scholar V. P. Franklin
In The Negro in the Making of America, eminent historian Benjamin Quarles provides one of the most comprehensive and readable accounts ever gathered in one volume of the role that African Americans have played in shaping the destiny of America. Starting with the arrival of the slave ships in the early 1600s and moving through the Colonial period, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and into the last half of the twentieth century,... The bestselling, definitive study of African Americans throughout American history, now with a new introduction by noted scholar V. P. Franklin...
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109,95 zł |