Of the Dawn of Freedom

Informationen zum Autor William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals; a sociologist! historian! novelist! and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Fisk! Harvard! and the University of Berlin! Du Bois penned his epochal masterpiece The Souls of Black Folk ! from which this selection is taken! in 1903. It remains his most studied and popular work; its insights into life at the turn of the 20th century still ring true. Zusammenfassung Studies the period of history from 1861 to 1872 so far as it relates to the American Negro. This tale presents an account of that government of men called the Freedmen's Bureau! - one of the most singular and interesting of the attempts made by a great nation to grapple with vast problems of race and social condition.

Product details

• Authors: Bois W. E. B. Du, W. Du Bois, W. E. B. Du Bois, W.E.B. Du Bois, William E. B. Du Bois
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.08.2009
• EAN: 9780141043937
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104393-7
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Books, Great Ideas; Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Books, Great Ideas
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)