African Americans in the Nineteenth Century - People and Perspectives

A revealing volume that portrays the lives of African Americans in all its variety across the entire 19th century-combining coverage of the pre- and post-Civil War eras. Uniquely inclusive, African Americans in the Nineteenth Century: People and Perspectives offers a wealth of insights into the way African Americans lived and how slave-era experiences affected their lives afterward. Coverage goes beyond well-known figures to focus on the lives of African American men, women, and children across the nation, battling the oppression and prejudice that didn''t stop with emancipation while they tried to establish their place as Americans.The book ranges from the African origins of African American communities to coverage of slave communities, female slaves, slave-slave holder relations, and freed persons. Additional chapters look at African Americans in the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow eras. An alphabetically organized "mini-encyclopedia," plus additional information sources round out this eye-opening work of social history.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dixie (EDT) Haggard, Dixie Ray Haggard
• Con la collaborazione di: Dixie Haggard (Editore), Dixie Ray Haggard (Editore), Haggard Dixie Ray (Editore)
• Editore: Abc Clio Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.03.2010
• EAN: 9781598841237
• ISBN: 978-1-59884-123-7
• Pagine: 304
• Serie: Perspectives in American Socia; Perspectives in American Social History; Perspectives in American Socia
• Categorie: Saggistica > Enciclopedie, opere di consultazione > Enciclopedie, lessici; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, African American Studies; Race and Ethnicity