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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806225503321

Autore

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

Titolo

Africa, its geography, people, and products ; : and, Africa, its place in modern history / / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Emmanuel Akyeampong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2007

ISBN

0-19-938575-0

0-19-938574-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (109 pages)

Collana

The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois

Disciplina

960

Soggetti

Africa

Africa Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Millwood, N.Y. : KTO Press, 1977, [c1930].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Africa, its geography, people and products -- The geography of Africa -- The people -- The languages -- The products -- Political divisions of Africa -- Independent Africa -- Partially independent Africa -- British protectorates in South Africa -- Mandated territories -- Belgian Africa -- French Africa -- Portuguese Africa -- Spanish Africa -- Italian Africa -- Africa, its place in modern history -- William Edward Burghardt Du Bois : a chronology.

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