this edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African-Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights against the greatest of odds.
this edition describes in detail the struggles faced by many courageous African-Americans in their efforts to achieve full civil and political rights ...
In the making for almost a decade, the "Dictionary of Missouri Biography" is the most important reference work on Missouri biography to be published in the last half century. Written by nearly three hundred talented authors from around the country and edited by four of the leading authorities on Missouri history, this monumental work contains biographies of more than seven hundred individuals who have in some way made a contribution to the course of state and national history.
Covering all periods as well as all regions of the state, this remarkable volume illustrates the state's...
In the making for almost a decade, the "Dictionary of Missouri Biography" is the most important reference work on Missouri biography to be publishe...
"Women in Missouri History" is an exceptional collection of essays surveying the history of women in the state of Missouri from the period of colonial settlement through the mid-twentieth century. The women featured in these essays come from various ethnic, economic, and racial groups, from both urban and rural areas, and from all over the state. The authors effectively tell these women s stories through biographies and through techniques of social history, allowing the reader to learn not only about the women s lives individually, but also about how groups of ordinary women shaped the...
"Women in Missouri History" is an exceptional collection of essays surveying the history of women in the state of Missouri from the period of colon...
Drawing on original research in primary sources, this comprehensive study covers such topics as the Constitution of 1875, the impact of railroad expansion, the 1904 World's Fair, the Populist and Progressive movements, and World War I. It also deals with less familiar topics, such as the state's use of convict labor to save taxpayers money, the emergence of women's clubs, the arrival of moving pictures, and the terrible conditions under which coal miners worked and lived.
Research on the weekly newspapers of such towns as Edina, Bethany, Boonville, Mount Vernon, and Kennett provides a...
Drawing on original research in primary sources, this comprehensive study covers such topics as the Constitution of 1875, the impact of railroad ex...
This insightful work chronicles the life of George Washington Carver, the renowned African American scientist and teacher. George Washington Carver: A Biography begins with a discussion of the political and social circumstances in Missouri where Carver was born into slavery, circa 1864. Readers will follow Carver through his formal education to his decision to accept Booker T. Washington's offer to teach and do research at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
The bulk of the volume focuses on Carver's career at Tuskegee, a career that spanned nearly five decades, from...
This insightful work chronicles the life of George Washington Carver, the renowned African American scientist and teacher. George Washington Car...
No one has written more about the African American experience in Missouri over the past four decades than Gary Kremer, and now for the first time fourteen of his best articles on the subject are available in one place with the publication of "Race and Meaning: The African American Experience in Missouri." By placing the articles in chronological order of historical events rather than by publication date, Kremer combines them into one detailed account that addresses issues such as the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans in Missouri, all-black rural communities, and the...
No one has written more about the African American experience in Missouri over the past four decades than Gary Kremer, and now for the first time four...
No one has written more about the African American experience in Missouri over the past four decades than Gary Kremer, and now for the first time fourteen of his best articles on the subject are available in one place with the publication of Race and Meaning: The African American Experience in Missouri. By placing the articles in chronological order of historical events rather than by publication date, Kremer combines them into one detailed account that addresses issues such as the transition from slavery to freedom for African Americans in Missouri, all-black rural communities,...
No one has written more about the African American experience in Missouri over the past four decades than Gary Kremer, and now for the first time four...
Conceived of as a way to commemorate Missouri’s bicentennial of statehood, this unique work presents the perspective of Gary Kremer, one of the Show-Me State’s foremost historians, as he ponders why history played out as it did over the course of the two centuries since Missouri’s admittance to the Union. In the writing of what is much more than a survey history, Kremer, himself a fifth-generation Missourian, infuses the narrative with his vast knowledge and personal experiences, even as he considers what being a Missourian has meant—across the many years and to this day—to all of...
Conceived of as a way to commemorate Missouri’s bicentennial of statehood, this unique work presents the perspective of Gary Kremer, one of the Show...