Description
About the Author
William R. Scott is Professor of History and Director of the African-American Studies Program at Lehigh University. He is author of The Sons of Sheba's Race:African Americans and the Italo-Ethiopian War (1993). William G. Shade is Director of the American Studies Program at Lehigh University and Co-Director of the Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. He is author of Democratizing the Old Dominion (1996) and co-editor, with Sandy Maisel, of Parties and Politics inAmerican History (1994).
Reviews
"Beginning with the horrors of the Middle Passage and following African American history through to modern topcis of post-Civil Rights politics, this volume provides an overview of the African American Experience. 23 historians offer a variety of perspectives on topics sucha as urbanization, religion, family life, class literature, music, and education in articles covering slavery, Reconstruction, the formation of black identity and culture, and the Civil Rights movement."
"...a collection of essays by top scholars that makes compelling reading for anyone." -- Morning Call
Book Information
ISBN 9780415924078
Author William R. Scott
Format Paperback
Page Count 480
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 676g
