Both an extraordinarily detailed examination of black life in nineteenth-century America and a richly textured and engrossing piece of fiction, Contending Forces remains one of the most important works produced by an African American before World War I.
Reviews
"A gift to the profession (and to our students) to have the Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women's Writers in affordable paperback."--Janet Gabler-Hover, Georgia State Univ. "Brilliant...her masterwork."--Eric J. Sundquist in The New York Times Book Review "Terrific romance!"--Leonard Cassuto, Fordham University, Lincoln Center "Fits into my course wonderfully."--Noelle Arrangoiz, University of Denver "An excellent study of the current Supreme Court . . . it is comprehensive in ite understanding of the Rehnquist Court's place in the postwar political and judicial era, especially from the Warren Court period to the present." -- Criminal Justice Review "A gift to the profession (and to our students) to have the Schomburg Library of Nineteenth Century Black Women's Writers in affordable paperback."--Janet Gabler-Hover, Georgia State Univ. "Brilliant...her masterwork."--Eric J. Sundquist in The New York Times Book Review "Terrific romance!"--Leonard Cassuto, Fordham University, Lincoln Center "Fits into my course wonderfully."--Noelle Arrangoiz, University of Denver



Book Information
ISBN 9780195067859
Author Pauline E. Hopkins
Format Paperback
Page Count 464
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 590g
Dimensions(mm) 140mm * 216mm * 28mm