Historians and Race - Autobiography and the Writing of History

Informationen zum Autor edited by Paul A. Cimbala, Robert F. Himmelberg Klappentext To provide a context for understanding current race relations and the goals of the civil rights movement, the editors asked distinguished scholars to reflect upon their careers and how personal experiences have influenced their scholarship. They discuss issues such as the growing awareness of racial oppression in the white South, the impact of the Black Power movement on young blacks, and the role of radical parents in shaping a sense of racial justice in their children. These essays provide personal glimpses into the intellectual development of some of the most important historians of the current U.S. experience. Zusammenfassung Contains contributions on the state of race relations from several scholars who reflect upon their careers to show how personal experiences have influenced their scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Jumping Jim Crow, George B. Tindall The Making of an Historian, Leon F. Litwack Reflections of a REconstructed White Southerner, dan T. Carter Reflections on Race and Gender Systems, Darlene Clark Hine From Eurocentrism to Polycentrism, David Levering Lewis My Life as a Historian, Eric Foner Autobiography and Scholarship, Jacqueline Jones Conclusion: The Significance of the Personal for the Professional, Mark A. Naison

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• Authors: Paul A. Himmelberg Cimbala
• Assisted by: Paul A. Cimbala (Editor), Robert F. Himmelberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.1997
• EAN: 9780253211019
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21101-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperb; Blacks in the Diaspora; Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperb
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous