American History
American History
A Black Soldier’s Story: The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence
In 1896, an illiterate, fifteen-year-old Afro-Cuban field hand joined the rebel army fighting for Cuba's independence. Though poor and uneducated, Ricardo Batrell believed in the promise of Cuba Libre, the vision of a democratic and egalitarian nation that inspired the...
$24.95
The Black Radical Tragic: Performance, Aesthetics, and the Unfinished Haitian Revolution
2017 Nicolás Guillén Outstanding Book Award presented by the Caribbean Philosophical AssociationAs the first successful revolution emanating from a slave rebellion, the Haitian Revolution remains an inspired site of investigation for a remarkable range of artists and activist-intellectuals in the...
$34.50
Black Psychiatrists and American Psychiatry
Presenting a vivid historical account of the contributions that black psychiatrists have made to American psychiatry, this important book documents the growth and influence of the group in tandem with the advancement of the field as a whole. It provides...
$102.99
Black Power in the Caribbean
“An altogether path-breaking collection of riveting essays.”—Robert A. Hill, Editor in Chief of The Marcus Garvey & UNIA Papers “A fascinating, original, and much-needed history of the development of Black Power on the various islands of the Caribbean. By moving the...
$86.99
Black Power in Bermuda: The Struggle for Decolonization (Contemporary Black History)
A transnational, pan-African youth movement, Black Power in Bermuda sought freedom for Blacks from the islandâ€s White oligarchy and independence from British colonialism. It was spearheaded by activists such as Pauulu Kamarakafego and the Black Beret Cadre. The Cadre maintained...
$155.98
The Black Populations of France: Histories from Metropole to Colony
The Black Populations of France is a study of Black peoples and their history in France and the French Empire during the modern era, from the eighteenth century to the present. The contributors to this collection explore three main axes. The first...
$37.50
The Black Populations of France: Histories from Metropole to Colony
The Black Populations of France is a study of Black peoples and their history in France and the French Empire during the modern era, from the eighteenth century to the present. The contributors to this collection explore three main axes. The first...
$113.99
Black Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War
In this updated edition of his acclaimed study of the black presence in Britain during World War I, Stephen Bourne illuminates fascinating stories of black servicemen of African heritage. These accounts of the fights for their "Mother Country" are charted...
$22.95
Black People Invented Everything: The Deep History of Indigenous Creativity
Who invented the traffic light? What about transportation itself? Farming? Art? Modern chemistry? Who made cats? What if I told you there was ONE answer to all of these questions? That one answer? BLACK PEOPLE! Seriously. And this book is...
$37.99
Black People in the British Empire
'Fantastic … the most important book on Black British history’ - Akala Black People in the British Empire is a challenge to the official version of British history. It tells the story of Britain's exploitation and oppression of its subject peoples...
$138.00
Black People in the British Empire
'Fantastic … the most important book on Black British history’ - Akala Black People in the British Empire is a challenge to the official version of British history. It tells the story of Britain's exploitation and oppression of its subject peoples...
$19.95
Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement
From classic films like Carmen Jones to contemporary works like The Diary of Sally Hemings and U-Carmen eKhayelitsa, American and South African artists and composers have used opera to reclaim black people's place in history. Naomi André draws on the...
$126.50
Black Nationalist Thought in South Africa: The Persistence of an Idea of Liberation
This book maintains that South Africa, despite the official end of apartheid in 1994, remains steeped in the interstices of coloniality. The author looks at the Black Nationalist thought in South Africa and its genealogy. Colonial modernity and coloniality of...
$149.98
Black Nationalist Thought in South Africa: The Persistence of an Idea of Liberation
This book maintains that South Africa, despite the official end of apartheid in 1994, remains steeped in the interstices of coloniality. The author looks at the Black Nationalist thought in South Africa and its genealogy. Colonial modernity and coloniality of...
$149.98
The Black Middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in Colonial Yucatan
Winner of the Conference on Latin American History's 2010 Mexican History Book Prize. The Black Middle is the first full-length study of black African slaves and other people of African descent in the Spanish colonial province of Yucatan. Matthew Restall makes expert...
$180.00
The Black Middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in Colonial Yucatan
Winner of the Conference on Latin American History's 2010 Mexican History Book Prize. The Black Middle is the first full-length study of black African slaves and other people of African descent in the Spanish colonial province of Yucatan. Matthew Restall...
$46.00
Black Mexico: Race and Society from Colonial to Modern Times
The essays in this collection build upon a series of conversations and papers that resulted from "New Directions in North American Scholarship on Afro-Mexico," a symposium conducted at Pennsylvania State University in 2004. The issues addressed include contested historiography, social...
$34.99
Black Man on the Titanic: The Story of Joseph Laroche
#1 New Release in Caribbean & West Indies History ― Discover the True Story Behind One of the Black Passengers on the Titanic An Incredible Tragedy: Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a...
$16.95
Black London: The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century
This vibrant history of London in the twentieth century reveals the city as a key site in the development of black internationalism and anticolonialism. Marc Matera shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London’s rich social and...
$34.99
Black London: The Imperial Metropolis and Decolonization in the Twentieth Century
This vibrant history of London in the twentieth century reveals the city as a key site in the development of black internationalism and anticolonialism. Marc Matera shows the significant contributions of people of African descent to London’s rich social and...
$109.49
Black Legend: The Many Lives of Raúl Grigera and the Power of Racial Storytelling in Argentina
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Black Legend: The Many Lives of Raúl Grigera and the Power of Racial Storytelling in Argentina
Celebrities live their lives in constant dialogue with stories about them. But when these stories are shaped by durable racist myths, they wield undue power to ruin lives and obliterate communities. Black Legend is the haunting story of an Afro-Argentine,...
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Black Lawyers, White Courts: The Soul Of South African Law
In the struggle against apartheid, one often overlooked group of crusaders was the coterie of black lawyers who overcame the Byzantine system that the government established oftentimes explicitly to block the paths of its black citizens from achieving justice. Now,...
$92.00
Black Intellectuals: Race and Responsibility in American Life
“An important book, significant because it highlights the diversity and richness of Afro-American intellectual life throughout our nation’s history.” ―Jerry G. Watts, New York Times Book Review Black Intellectuals offers a centuries-deep analysis of black life, beginning with the arrival of...
$45.99
Black in Latin America
The history of how six Latin American countries acknowledge―or deny―their African past12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World during the Middle Passage. While just over 11.0 million survived the arduous journey, only about 450,000 of them arrived in...
$33.99
Black in Latin America
Selected as a 2012 Outstanding Title by AAUP University Press Books for Public and Secondary School LibrariesThe history of how six Latin American countries acknowledge―or deny―their African past12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World during the Middle Passage....
$102.99
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)
Learn about the most important milestones in Black history in The Black History Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Black History in this...
$27.99
Black Handsworth: Race in 1980s Britain (Volume 15) (Berkeley Series in British Studies)
In 1980s Britain, while the country failed to reckon with the legacies of its empire, a black, transnational sensibility was emerging in its urban areas. In Handsworth, an inner-city neighborhood of Birmingham, black residents looked across the Atlantic toward African...
$109.00
Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884–1960
This groundbreaking history traces the development of Germany's black community, from its origins in colonial Africa to its decimation by the Nazis during World War II. Robbie Aitken and Eve Rosenhaft follow the careers of Africans arriving from the colonies,...
$167.99
Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Race, Status, and Identity in the Urban Americas (The Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial difference challenged the foundations of white authority―and linked the Americas together.In Black Freedom...
$35.98
Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Race, Status, and Identity in the Urban Americas (The Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World)
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial difference challenged the foundations of white authority―and linked the Americas together.In Black Freedom...
$107.98