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Light in the Darkness: African Americans and the YMCA, 1852-1946
ISBN: 9780813190723 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branches but encouraged them to form their own associations and to join the Christian brotherhood on "separate but equal" terms. Nina Mjagkij's book, the first comprehensive study of African Americans in the YMCA, is a compelling account of hope and success in the face of adversity. African American men, faced with emasculation through lynchings, disenfranchisement, race riots, and Jim Crow laws, hoped that separate YMCAs would provide the... From the time of its emergence in the United States in 1852, the Young Men's Christian Association excluded blacks from membership in white branche... |
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87,44 |
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Loyalty in Time of Trial: The African American Experience During World War I
ISBN: 9780742570443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War." Prior to World War I, most African Americans did not challenge the racial status quo. But nearly 370,000 black soldiers served in the military during the war, and some 400,000 black civilians migrated from the rural South to the urban North for defense jobs. Following the war, emboldened by their military service and their support of the war on the home front, African Americans were determined to fight for equality. These two factors forced...
In one of the few book-length treatments of the subject, Nina Mjagkij conveys the full range of the African American experience during the "Great War....
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145,74 |
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Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City
ISBN: 9780814755419 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The YMCA and the YWCA have been an integral part of America's urban landscape since their emergence almost 150 years ago. Yet the significant influence these organizations had on American society has been largely overlooked. Men and Women Adrift explores the role of the YMCA and YWCA in shaping the identities of America's urban population. Examining the urban experiences of the single young men and women who came to the cities in search of employment and personal freedom, these essays trace the role of the YMCA and the YWCA in urban America from the mid-nineteenth century to... The YMCA and the YWCA have been an integral part of America's urban landscape since their emergence almost 150 years ago. Yet the significant influ... |
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344,90 |
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Men and Women Adrift: The YMCA and the YWCA in the City
ISBN: 9780814755426 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The YMCA and the YWCA have been an integral part of America's urban landscape since their emergence almost 150 years ago. Yet the significant influence these organizations had on American society has been largely overlooked. Men and Women Adrift explores the role of the YMCA and YWCA in shaping the identities of America's urban population. Examining the urban experiences of the single young men and women who came to the cities in search of employment and personal freedom, these essays trace the role of the YMCA and the YWCA in urban America from the mid-nineteenth century to... The YMCA and the YWCA have been an integral part of America's urban landscape since their emergence almost 150 years ago. Yet the significant influ... |
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135,98 |
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