A Companion to African American History is a collection of original and authoritative essays arranged thematically and topically, covering a wide range of subjects from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Analyzes the major sources and the most influential books and articles in the field
Includes discussions of globalization, region, migration, gender, class and social forces that make up the broad cultural fabric of African American history
A Companion to African American History is a collection of original and authoritative essays arranged thematically and topically, covering a wi...
Southerners, Too? challenges the view that 'southern heritage' refers to white southerners only by revealing that, historically and culturally, African-Americans have been integral to southern life and history.
Southerners, Too? challenges the view that 'southern heritage' refers to white southerners only by revealing that, historically and culturally, Africa...
Southerners, Too? challenges the view that "southern heritage" refers to white southerners only by revealing that, historically and culturally, African-Americans have been integral to southern life and history. In much of the public and scholarly debates on the display of the Confederate flag, "southern heritage" has been seen in the context of the white south. Although there are some published works on the black southerner, in the debate and in some of the literature, African-Americans are either invisible or appear in an ambivalent manner. The intent of this work is to encourage a new focus...
Southerners, Too? challenges the view that "southern heritage" refers to white southerners only by revealing that, historically and culturally, Africa...
While political leaders and journalists alike have exhaustively attempted to explain Zell's baffling political conversion, this is the first work to study the topic, derived from what scholars have defined as 'southernism', in terms of basic historical and contemporary issues.
While political leaders and journalists alike have exhaustively attempted to explain Zell's baffling political conversion, this is the first work to s...
Particular attention has been paid to African Americans who impacted public policy in the United States, but who have not been profiled in previous biographical compilations. Each entry is written by a scholar with intimate knowledge of his or her subject.
Particular attention has been paid to African Americans who impacted public policy in the United States, but who have not been profiled in previous bi...
A Biographical History of African Americans is the most comprehensive, pocket sized, scholarly volume on African American biography published in the last three decades. The book gives an introductory overview to African American history, followed by a selection of notable African American subjects, arranged in four topical and chronological periods. It is diverse as to gender, geography and vocations. The work has been particularly concerned with profiling notable subjects who have not appeared in other dictionaries, directories or encyclopedias. While it can be used as a text or...
A Biographical History of African Americans is the most comprehensive, pocket sized, scholarly volume on African American biography published in the l...
A Companion to African American History is a collection of original and authoritative essays arranged thematically and topically, covering a wide range of subjects from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Analyzes the major sources and the most influential books and articles in the field
Includes discussions of globalization, region, migration, gender, class and social forces that make up the broad cultural fabric of African American history
A Companion to African American History is a collection of original and authoritative essays arranged thematically and topically, covering a wi...
Historians and other scholars often use first-hand accounts, including contemporary observations, as sources for study of the past. These types of sources are valuable, especially when used in conjunction with other documents, as they help us to approximate the past. This study uses these types of sources to attain glimpses of African American life in the post-emancipation South. Spanning from the 1860s through the New Deal, this study incorporates a broad cross-section of the views of European travelers and Euro-American visitors from the North, based upon travel books as well as articles...
Historians and other scholars often use first-hand accounts, including contemporary observations, as sources for study of the past. These types of sou...
"Offers a much needed discussion of racial politics in the premier New South city. Readers will discover that courageous struggles for justice, as much as compromise, have marked the so-called Atlanta-style since Reconstruction."--W. Scott Poole, College of Charleston Atlanta stands out among southern cities for many reasons, not least of which is the role African Americans have played in local politics. Black Power in Dixie offers the first comprehensive study of black politics in the city. From Reconstruction to recent times, the middle-class black leadership in Atlanta, while...
"Offers a much needed discussion of racial politics in the premier New South city. Readers will discover that courageous struggles for justice, as muc...
