Struggle for Freedom
A History of African Americans, The, Penguin Academic Series, Concise Edition, Volume I
Published on 3. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-321-35575-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Struggle for Freedom, a narrative of the black experience in America, uses a distinctive biographical approach to guide the story and animate the history. In each chapter, individual African Americans are the pivot points on which historical changes of the era turn. Life stories capture the rush of events that envelop individuals and illuminate the momentous decisions that, collectively, frame the American past and present.
Inasmuch as that history is grounded in struggle-in the consistent and insistent call to the United States to deliver on the constitutional promises made to all its citizens-this book is also an American history text, weaving into the narrative the milestones of mainstream American history, economy, politics, arts and letters.
Inasmuch as that history is grounded in struggle-in the consistent and insistent call to the United States to deliver on the constitutional promises made to all its citizens-this book is also an American history text, weaving into the narrative the milestones of mainstream American history, economy, politics, arts and letters.
Reviews / Votes
This textbook is well written, engaging, and provides excellent coverage. I believe it is the best African American history textbook on the market.Derrick E. White, Florida Atlantic University
This text's inclusive nature and abundance of useful information provide the student with a powerful introduction to African American issues.
Julian C. Chambliss, Rollins College
The inclusion of women in this history is by far the best I have seen. The biographical approach of this text is its strongest aspect, but the inclusion of women's issues make the text even stronger.
Yvonne Johnson, Central Missouri State University
This is an excellent approach to teaching the `voices' of African American history. I feel confident that my students would respond quite well overall because in general they feel much more passionate about history and its topics if it feels `real' and personal to them. When they understand that history is about folks who lived, cried, struggled, and died just like them and their families, they get it."
Diane L. Beers, Holyoke Community College
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 162 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-35575-1 (9780321355751)
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Content
Preface
Meet the Authors
Chapter 1 Ancient Africa
Chapter 2 Africa and the Atlantic World
Chapter 3 Africans in Early North America, 1619-1726
Chapter 4 Africans in Bondage: Early Eighteenth Century to the American Revolution
Chapter 5 The Revolutionary Era: Crossroads of Freedom
Chapter 6 After the Revolution: Constructing Free Life and Combating Slavery, 1787-1816
Chapter 7 African Americans in the Antebellum Era
Chapter 8 African Americans in the Reform Era, 1831-1850
Chapter 9 A Prelude to War: The 1850s
Chapter 10 Civil War and the Promises of Freedom: The Turbulent 1860s
Chapter 11 Post Civil War Reconstruction: A New National Era
Appendix
Credits
Index
Meet the Authors
Chapter 1 Ancient Africa
Chapter 2 Africa and the Atlantic World
Chapter 3 Africans in Early North America, 1619-1726
Chapter 4 Africans in Bondage: Early Eighteenth Century to the American Revolution
Chapter 5 The Revolutionary Era: Crossroads of Freedom
Chapter 6 After the Revolution: Constructing Free Life and Combating Slavery, 1787-1816
Chapter 7 African Americans in the Antebellum Era
Chapter 8 African Americans in the Reform Era, 1831-1850
Chapter 9 A Prelude to War: The 1850s
Chapter 10 Civil War and the Promises of Freedom: The Turbulent 1860s
Chapter 11 Post Civil War Reconstruction: A New National Era
Appendix
Credits
Index