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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY: 5-VOLUME SET
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| By: |
Paul Finkelman (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£510.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195167791 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195167795 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
2 February, 2009 |
| Series: |
Encyclopedia of African American History |
| Pages: |
2672 |
| Description: |
Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy, the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape upto and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama. |
| Synopsis: |
Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy, the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape up to and including the 2008 election of Barack Obama. |
| Illustrations: |
400 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Outstanding Reference Source, RUSA 2010. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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