Life upon these shores looking at African American history, 1513 - 2008
Gates, Henry Louis Jr. 1950-
Life upon these shores looking at African American history, 1513 - 2008 Henry Louis Gates - 1. ed. - XVI, 487 S. zahlr Ill. 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated, landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images--ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters--Life Upon These Shores focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure. Gates takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop on to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, Gates bracingly disabuses us of the presumption of a single "Black Experience." Life Upon These Shores is a book of major importance, a breathtaking tour de force of the historical imagination"--
9780307593429
2011014277
African Americans--History
African Americans--History--Pictorial works
United States--Civilization--African American influences
Class of Fall 2003 American Academy Distinguished Visitor Distinguished Visitor
E185
973/.0496073 HIS036000 SOC001000
Life upon these shores looking at African American history, 1513 - 2008 Henry Louis Gates - 1. ed. - XVI, 487 S. zahlr Ill. 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated, landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images--ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters--Life Upon These Shores focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure. Gates takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop on to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, Gates bracingly disabuses us of the presumption of a single "Black Experience." Life Upon These Shores is a book of major importance, a breathtaking tour de force of the historical imagination"--
9780307593429
2011014277
African Americans--History
African Americans--History--Pictorial works
United States--Civilization--African American influences
Class of Fall 2003 American Academy Distinguished Visitor Distinguished Visitor
E185
973/.0496073 HIS036000 SOC001000