| On the Cultural Achievements of Negroes Contributor(s): Gregoire, Henri (Author), Cassirer, Thomas (Translator), Briere, Jean-Francois (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1558490329 ISBN-13: 9781558490321 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: "Gregoire presents answers to most of the arguments for innate racial inferiority, even those usually associated with a later period, and also transmits doctrines and beliefs that would later be taken up by black nationalists and Afrocentrists. . . . Eminently suitable for classroom use". -- David Brion Davis |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | Social History - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| LCCN: 95-47293 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.03" W x 9.03" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in French in 1808 and translated into English two years later under the title An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of the Negroes, this book was a touchstone for nineteenth-century abolitionists in England and the United States. Written by Abbe Henri Gregoire (1750-1831), it argued vigorously against assumptions of black inferiority and in favor of the humanity, equality, and cultural achievements of people of African heritage. His treatise summarized most of the available written thought on race up to that time. A leading activist in the French Revolution, Gregoire reflected in his arguments the spirit of libertie, egalite, and fraternite and anticipated twentieth-century race inquiry and theory. Although influential in its time, the first translation of Gregoire's work was incomplete and flawed. This new edition presents a fresh, accurate, and complete text of this key document in the history of Western racial thought. The book includes a substantial biography of Gregoire and analysis of the historical context in which he wrote and the impact of his work. |