John Mercer Langston and the Fight for Black Freedom, 1829-65 (Blacks in the New World) - Softcover

Cheek, William; Cheek, Aimee Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252065913 ISBN 13: 9780252065910

Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 1996

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Book by Cheek William Cheek Aimee Lee

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Reseña del editor:

"A marvel of scholarship and artistry. The general reader will be fascinated to discover the vitality of the free black community that Langston moved and moved in." -- Joyce Appleby, University of California "Provides the mirror in which to reflect Langston's brilliant, turbulent career, as well as the nation's ongoing struggle against racism. Life-and-times biography could be put to no better use." -- David W. Blight, Journal of American History "One of the most thorough studies ever done of a nineteenth-century black American. [It] will be the standard." -- J. M. Matthews, Choice "Breaks new and important ground in the field of African-American history. . . . [It] is both a social history of the period and the remarkable story of Langston's formative life and career as a free black Ohioan in pre-Civil War America." -- David C. Dennard, Journal of Southern History "A sensitive biography of a black leader and a full-scale history of the society in which he matured and began his career." -- John B. Boles, American Historical Review "The Cheeks have masterfully performed . . . their chief task--the transformation of autobiography into social history." -- Wilson J. Moses, Reviews in American History A volume in the series Blacks in the New World, edited by August Meier and John H. Bracey

Biografía del autor:

William Cheek is professor of history at San Diego State University and author of Black Resistance before the Civil War.Aimee Lee Cheek is a writer and consultant in San Diego.

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• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0252065913
• ISBN 13: 9780252065910
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 504