Understanding a Culture
Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 1. March 1991
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-8204-0849-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book is designed mainly for students who want to acquire a basic educational knowledge in order to understand and appreciate better the culture and civilization of black people. Important facts that are not usually mentioned in textbooks of this nature are exposed here with the strong belief that they will arouse the curiosity and interest of the readers and encourage them to analyze the problems affecting mainly blacks and whites in quite a different perspective.
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Person
The Author: Julien L. Lafontant was born in Port au Prince, Haiti. He taught for twelve years in Liberia mainly at Cuttington College and Divinity School. He received his Ph.D. from SUNY-Binghamton in 1976 and has been since then with the University of Nebraska where he is a Professor of French & Black Studies. In 1981, he received the Great Teacher Award. He has published many articles as well as a book entitled Montesquieu et le problème de l'esclavage dans l'Esprit des Lois.