We Are Your Sisters - Black Women in the Nineteenth Century

Reissued in a new trade paperback format and design, "This richly researched, sensitively edited, annotated volume portrays indelibly, in their own words, the lives of American black women before, during, and immediately after the Civil War. . . ". Following a successful run in New York, an acclaimed stage adaptation of this work is touring nationally in 1997. Photos.

A propos de l'auteur

Dorothy Sterling (1913—2008) was a native New Yorker who lived for many years on Cape Cod in Wellfleet. She made many trips to Nantucket, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, and Long Island. She was a painstaking and thorough researcher with a long list of natural history, biography, and fiction books to her credit.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Dorothy Sterling (Editeur), Sterling Dorothy (Editeur), Washington Mary Helen (Introduction)
• Edition: W. W. Norton & Company
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9780393316292
• ISBN: 978-0-393-31629-2
• Pages: 556
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 28 mm
• Poids: 701 g
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Women, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, General and world history, Gender studies: women and girls, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General