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Life upon these shores : looking at African American history, 1513-2008 / Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Author: Gates, Henry Louis.

Publisher: New York : Knopf, 2011.

ISBN: 9780307593429 (hbk.)
0307593428 (hbk.)

Description: xvi, 487 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Subject: African Americans History.
African Americans History Pictorial works.
HISTORY / United States / General. bisacsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. bisacsh.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage. bisacsh.
United States Civilization African American influences.

Contents: pt. 1. Origins 1513-1760 -- pt. 2. Forging freedom 1760-1804 -- pt. 3. "It shall ever be our duty to vindicate our brethren" 1800-1834 -- pt. 4 nd resistance 1834-1850 -- pt. 5. Emergence 1850-1860 -- pt. 6. War and its meaning 1859-1865 -- pt. 7. Reconstructing a nation 1866-1877 -- pt. 8. "There is no negro problem 1877-1895 -- pt. 9. New negro, old problem 1895-1900 -- pt. 10. The ordeal of Jim Crow 1900-1917 -- pt. 11. Renaissance 1917-1928 -- pt. 12 Growing authority 1828-1939 -- pt. 13. The era of World War II 1939-1950 -- pt. 14. Foundations of the new Civil Rights Movement 1950-1963 -- pt. 15. The movement at high tide 1963-1968 -- pt. 16. Cultural integration 1969-1979 -- pt. 17. Achievement 1980-2008.

Summary: The author delivers a 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 800 images, "Life Upon These Shores" focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as achievements.

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