Ordeal of Mansart (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois) The Black Flame Trilogy: Book One, Ordeal of Mansart The Oxford W.

The first book in W. E. B. Du Bois's Black Flame trilogy, The Ordeal of Mansart, chronicles Mansart's early life during the time of Reconstruction through his involvement in black education in Atlanta. Written with lyrical, vivid prose and with accurate historical context, The Ordeal of Mansart offers readers a peek into African American life and struggle through the lens of Mansart's humble life.

Info autore

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has edited several major reference works, including Dictionary of African Biography, African American Lives, Africana, and African American National Biography. In addition, he is Editor in Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center (www.oxfordaasc.com).

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The first book in W. E. B. Du Bois's Black Flame trilogy, The Ordeal of Mansart, chronicles Mansart's early life during the time of Reconstruction through his involvement in black education in Atlanta. Written with lyrical, vivid prose and with accurate historical context, The Ordeal of Mansart offers readers a peek into African American life and struggle through the lens of Mansart's humble life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: W. E. B. Du Bois, Henry Louis Gates, Brent Hayes Edwards, Hayes Edwards Brent, Du Bois W. E. B., W. E. B. Hayes Edwards Du Bois
• Con la collaborazione di: Henry Louis Gates (Editore), Gates Henry Louis (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 20.02.2014
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9780199386918
• ISBN: 978-0-19-938691-8
• Numero di pagine: 294
• Serie: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois
• Categorie: Ethnic Studies, FICTION / Literary, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery