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UNINA9910451527703321 |
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Autore |
Moses Wilson Jeremiah <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Alexander Crummell [[electronic resource] ] : a study of civilization and discontent / / Wilson Jeremiah Moses |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c1989 |
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1-280-44968-3 |
0-19-536408-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (391 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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973.04960730092B |
973.04960730924B |
973.8092 |
973/.0496073/0924 B |
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African Americans |
Black nationalism - United States - History - 19th century |
Pan-Africanism - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Early Years (1819-1840); 3. The Struggles of a Young Priest (1841-1847); 4. Arrival in England (1848-1849); 5. Cambridge Influences (1849-1853); 6. Adjustment to Africa (1853-1861); 7. Changing Attitudes in America and a Visit Home (1853-1863); 8. Liberia College and the Politics of Knowledge (1863-1867); 9. Last Battles with the Bishop (1867-1870); 10. Missionary Work and Final Disillusionment (1870-1872); 11. Reconsidering the Destiny of Black Americans (1872-1882); 12. A Man of Mark (1882-1894); 13. Pastor Emeritus (1894-1896) |
14. Tuskegee Under Fire: The American Negro Academy (1896-1898)15. Crummell's Universality and Significance; Notes; Bibliography; Appendix: Constitution and By-Laws of the American Negro Academy; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This remarkable biography, based on much new information, examines the life and times of one of the most prominent African-American intellectuals of the nineteenth century. Born in New York in 1819, |
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Alexander Crummell was educated at Queen's College, Cambridge, after being denied admission to Yale University and the Episcopal Seminary on purely racial grounds. In 1853, steeped in the classical tradition and modern political theory, he went to the Republic of Liberia as an Episcopal missionary, but was forced to flee to Sierra Leone in 1872, having barely survived republican Africa's first coup |
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UNINA9910689696403321 |
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Titolo |
Lower Rio Grande River water security & H.R. 2990, to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 : field hearing before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, May 3, 2002, in Brownsville, Texas |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iv, 93 p.) |
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Water conservation - Law and legislation - Texas - Lower Rio Grande Valley |
Water conservation projects - Texas - Lower Rio Grande Valley - Finance |
Water-supply - Texas - Lower Rio Grande Valley |
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Materiale a stampa |
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