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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789868803321

Titolo

To make our world anew . Volume 2 A history of African Americans since 1880 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robin D.G. Kelley and Earl Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-983901-8

1-283-09826-1

9786613098269

0-19-983893-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KelleyRobin D. G

LewisEarl

Disciplina

973.0496

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights - History

African Americans - 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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface to Volume Two; CHAPTER 1 Though Justice Sleeps: 1880-1900; CHAPTER 2 A Chance to Make Good: 1900-1929; CHAPTER 3 From a Raw Deal to a New Deal?: 1929-1945; CHAPTER 4 We Changed the World: 1945-1970; CHAPTER 5 Into the Fire: 1970 to the Present; Chronology; Further Reading; Picture Credits; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This second volume covers the crucial post-Reconstruction years and traces the migration of blacks to the major cities. It describes the remarkable birth of the Harlem Renaissance, the hardships of the Great Depression, and the service of African Americans in World War II. Readers with