| Historians & Race Contributor(s): Cimbala, Paul A. (Editor), Himmelberg, Robert F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253211018 ISBN-13: 9780253211019 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $17.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: To provide a context for understanding current race relations and the goals of the civil rights movement, the editors asked distinguished scholars to reflect upon their careers and how personal experiences have influenced their scholarship. They discuss issues such as the growing awareness of racial oppression in the white South, the impact of the Black Power movement on young blacks, and the role of radical parents in shaping a sense of racial justice in their children. These essays provide personal glimpses into the intellectual development of some of the most important historians of the current U.S. experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | Historiography |
| Dewey: 973.007 |
| LCCN: 96024749 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.53" W x 8.44" (0.51 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: These essays provide a rich portrait of how the self and its deepest commitments have driven some of the most important, vital scholarship of the last fifty years. --Georgia Historical Quarterly . . . the writing is highly readable and informative for a non-academic audience curious about how history is written. --Magill Book Reviews To provide a context for understanding current race relations and the goals of the civil rights movement, the editors asked distinguished scholars to reflect upon their careers and how personal experiences have influenced their scholarship. Prominent historians Dan T. Carter, Eric Foner, Darlene Clark Hine, Jacqueline Jones, David Levering Lewis, Leon F. Litwack, Mark D. Naison, and George B. Tindall answered the call. |