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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465047803321

Autore

Du Bois W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), <1868-1963.>

Titolo

The world and Africa / / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series edition, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Mahmood Mamdani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2007]

©2007

ISBN

0-19-938676-5

0-19-938675-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois

Altri autori (Persone)

Du BoisW. E. B <1868-1963.> (William Edward Burghardt)

Disciplina

960

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Peace

Colonies

Electronic books.

Africa History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The world and Africa -- Color and democracy.

Sommario/riassunto

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several