Book
Life upon these shores : looking at African American history, 1513-2008 / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. --
Record details
- ISBN: 0307593428
- ISBN: 9780307593429
- Physical Description: xvi, 487 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Knopf, 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 443-455) and index. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 57.00 |
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| Subject: | African Americans > History. United States > Civilization > African American influences. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 973.0496073 Gat | 31681002720647 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard presents a sumptuously illustrated chronicle of more than 500 years of African-American history that focuses on defining events, debates and controversies as well as important achievements of famous and lesser-known figures, in a volume complemented by reproductions of ancient maps and historical paraphernalia. (This title was previously list inForecast .) - Baker & Taylor
"Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated, landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images--ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters--Life Upon These Shores focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure. Gates takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop on to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, Gates bracingly disabuses us of the presumption of a single "Black Experience." Life Upon These Shores is a book of major importance, a breathtaking tour de force of the historical imagination"-- - Baker & Taylor
Presents an illustrated chronicle of more than five hundred years of African-American history that focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies as well as important achievements of famous and lesser-known figures. - Random House, Inc.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama.
Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship and including more than seven hundred imagesâancient maps, fine art, documents, photographs, cartoons, postersâLife Upon These Shores focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the signal achievements of people famous and obscure. Gates takes us from the sixteenth century through the ordeal of slavery, from the Civil War and Reconstruction through the Jim Crow era and the Great Migration; from the civil rights and black nationalist movements through the age of hip-hop to the Joshua generation. By documenting and illuminating the sheer diversity of African American involvement in American history, society, politics, and culture, Gates bracingly disabuses us of the presumption of a single âblack experience.â
Life Upon These Shores is a book of major importance, a breathtaking tour de force of the historical imagination.
