wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire
ISBN: 9781250099815 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. And Hamilton was African American. Although his origins were lowly, possibly slave, he was reportedly the richest black man in the United States, possessing a fortune of two million, or in excess of two hundred and fifty million in today's currency. In Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black Millionaire, a groundbreaking account, eminent historian Shane White reveals the larger-than-life story of a man who defied every convention...
In the middle decades of the nineteenth century, Jeremiah G. Hamilton was a well-known figure on Wall Street. And Hamilton was African American. Altho...
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86,73 zł |
Somewhat More Independent: The End of Slavery in New York City, 1770-1810
ISBN: 9780820323749 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Shane White creatively uses a remarkable array of primary sources--census data, tax lists, city directories, diaries, newspapers and magazines, and courtroom testimony--to reconstruct the content and context of the slave's world in New York and its environs during the revolutionary and early republic periods. White explores, among many things, the demography of slavery, the decline of the institution during and after the Revolution, racial attitudes, acculturation, and free blacks' "creative adaptation to an often hostile world."
Shane White creatively uses a remarkable array of primary sources--census data, tax lists, city directories, diaries, newspapers and magazines, and co...
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190,96 zł |
Stylin': African-American Expressive Culture, from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit
ISBN: 9780801431791 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For over two centuries, in the North as well as the South, both within their own community and in the public arena, African-Americans have presented their bodies in culturally distinctive ways. The authors of this work consider the deeper significance of the ways in which African-Americans have dressed, walked, danced, arranged their hair and communicated in silent gestures. They ask what elaborate hair styles, bright colours, bandanas, long watch chains and zoot suits, for example, have really meant, and discuss style itself as an expression of deep-seated cultural imperatives. Their...
For over two centuries, in the North as well as the South, both within their own community and in the public arena, African-Americans have presented t...
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259,35 zł |
Stories of Freedom in Black New York
ISBN: 9780674025783 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Stories of Freedom in Black New York recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black community strove to realize what freedom meant, to find a new sense of itself, and, in the process, created a vibrant urban culture. Through exhaustive research, Shane White imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls, and the grubbiness of the Police Office. It allows us to observe the style of black men and women, to watch their... Stories of Freedom in Black New York recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decad... |
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147,15 zł |
Stylin': African-American Expressive Culture, from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit
ISBN: 9780801482830 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. For over two centuries, in the North as well as the South, both within their own community and in the public arena, African Americans have presented their bodies in culturally distinctive ways. Shane White and Graham White consider the deeper significance of the ways in which African Americans have dressed, walked, danced, arranged their hair, and communicated in silent gestures. They ask what elaborate hair styles, bright colors, bandanas, long watch chains, and zoot suits, for example, have really meant, and discuss style itself as an expression of deep-seated cultural imperatives. Their...
For over two centuries, in the North as well as the South, both within their own community and in the public arena, African Americans have presented t...
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150,37 zł |
The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech
ISBN: 9780807050279 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This exploration of African American slavery through sound is a groundbreaking way of understanding both slave culture and American history "A work of great originality and insight." -Ira Berlin "Shane White and Graham White's book is a joy." -Branford Marsalis "A fascinating book . . . that brings to life the historical soundscape of 18th- and 19th-century African Americans at work, play, rest, and prayer . . . This remarkable achievement demands a place in every collection on African American and U.S. history and folklife. Highly recommended." -Library Journal "The authors have undertaken...
This exploration of African American slavery through sound is a groundbreaking way of understanding both slave culture and American history "A work of...
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139,86 zł |