American History
American History
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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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
Black France: Colonialism, Immigration, and Transnationalism (African Expressive Cultures)
"[W]ithout a doubt one of the most important studies so far completed on literature in French grounded in the experiences of migrants of sub-Saharan African origin." ―Alec Hargreaves, Florida State UniversityFrance has always hosted a rich and vibrant black presence...
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The Black Doctors of Colonial Lima: Science, Race, and Writing in Colonial and Early Republican Peru (Volume 41) (McGill-Queen's Associated Medical ... the History of Medicine, Health, and Society)
In this groundbreaking study on the intersection of race, science, and politics in colonial Latin American, José Jouve Martín explores the reasons why the city of Lima, in the decades that preceded the wars of independence in Peru, became dependent...
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Black Cultural Life in South Africa: Reception, Apartheid, and Ethics (African Perspectives)
Under apartheid, black South Africans experienced severe material and social disadvantages occasioned by the government’s policies, and they had limited time for entertainment. Still, they closely engaged with an array of textual and visual cultures in ways that shaped their...
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Black Cultural Life in South Africa: Reception, Apartheid, and Ethics (African Perspectives)
Under apartheid, black South Africans experienced severe material and social disadvantages occasioned by the government’s policies, and they had limited time for entertainment. Still, they closely engaged with an array of textual and visual cultures in ways that shaped their...
$28.99
Black Canadians: History, Experience, Social Conditions
For researchers seeking detailed information about the black diaspora in North America, this authoritative reference provides more than 300 years of black Canadian history, from the first migration of slaves, black loyalists, and Civil War refugees to the expansive movement...
$32.00
Black Canadians: History, Experience, Social Conditions
For researchers seeking detailed information about the black diaspora in North America, this authoritative reference provides more than 300 years of black Canadian history, from the first migration of slaves, black loyalists, and Civil War refugees to the expansive movement...
$40.00
'Black but Human': Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700
Black British Migrants in Cuba offers a comprehensive study of migration from the British Caribbean to Cuba in the pre-World War II era, spotlighting an important chapter of the larger trajectory of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora. Grounded in extensive and rigorous...
$150.00
Black British Migrants in Cuba (Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora)
Black British Migrants in Cuba offers a comprehensive study of migration from the British Caribbean to Cuba in the pre-World War II era, spotlighting an important chapter of the larger trajectory of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora. Grounded in extensive and rigorous...
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Black British Migrants in Cuba (Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora)
Black British Migrants in Cuba offers a comprehensive study of migration from the British Caribbean to Cuba in the pre-World War II era, spotlighting an important chapter of the larger trajectory of the Afro-Atlantic diaspora. Grounded in extensive and rigorous...
$146.99
Black British History: New Perspectives (Blackness in Britain)
For over 1500 years before the Empire Windrush docked on British shores, people of African descent have played a significant and far-ranging role in the country's history, from the African soldiers on Hadrian's Wall to the Black British intellectuals who made London...
$126.50
Black British History: New Perspectives (Blackness in Britain)
For over 1500 years before the Empire Windrush docked on British shores, people of African descent have played a significant and far-ranging role in the country's history, from the African soldiers on Hadrian's Wall to the Black British intellectuals who made London...
$35.95
Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Black Literature and Culture)
Black British Cultural Studies has attracted significant attention recently in the American academy both as a model for cultural studies generally and as a corrective to reigning constructions of Blackness within African-American studies. This anthology offers the first book-length selection...
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Black Britain: A Photographic History
People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited the British Isles for centuries. Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural dimensions of black Britishness, has assembled a living history of black people in the British Isles....
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Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
Leading experts from the disciplines of history, literature, art history and anthropology examine black African experiences and representations from slavery to black musicians and dancers, from real and symbolic Africans at court to the views of the Catholic Church, and...
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Black Africans in Renaissance Europe
Leading experts from the disciplines of history, literature, art history and anthropology examine black African experiences and representations from slavery to black musicians and dancers, from real and symbolic Africans at court to the views of the Catholic Church, and...
$39.99
Bitita's Diary: The Childhood Memoirs of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations...
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Bitita's Diary: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus: The Autobiography of Carolina Maria de Jesus
Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born in the rural interior who migrated to the industrial city of Sao Paulo. This is her autobiography, which includes details about her experiences of race relations...
$195.50
Biography and the Black Atlantic
In Biography and the Black Atlantic, leading historians in the field of Atlantic studies examine the biographies and autobiographies of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century African-descended people and reflect on the opportunities and limitations these life stories present to studies of slavery and...
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Biko's Ghost: The Iconography of Black Consciousness
“When you say, ‘Black is Beautiful,’ what in fact you are saying . . . is: Man, you are okay as you are; begin to look upon yourself as a human being.” With such statements, Stephen Biko became the voice...
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Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko
This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements.
$68.99
Beyond Slavery and Abolition: Black British Writing, c.1770–1830
The first full-length historical study of pre-abolition black British writing, this book challenges established narratives of eighteenth-century black history that focus almost exclusively on slavery and abolition. Ryan Hanley expands our perspectives to encompass the often neglected but important black...
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