William R. Scott is Professor of History and Director of the African-American Studies Program at Lehigh University. He is author of The Sons of Sheba's Race:African Americans and the Italo-Ethiopian War (1993). William G. Shade is Director of the American Studies Program at Lehigh University and Co-Director of the Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. He is author of Democratizing the Old Dominion (1996) and co-editor, with Sandy Maisel, of Parties and Politics inAmerican History (1994).
This one-volume, comprehensive overview of African American history brings together original essays by some of the foremost authorities in the field. Arranged both thematically and chronologically, these papers discuss a wide range of topics - from the Middle Passage to the Civil Rights Movement; from abolition to the Great Migration; from issues in religion, class and family to literature, education and politics.
Foreword
William H. Gray, III
Introduction: The Long Rugged Road
William R. Scott and William G. Shade
Part I: Out of Africa
1. Africa, The Slave Trade and the Diaspora
Joseph C. Miller
Part II. The Peculiar Institution
2. Creating a Biracial Society, 1619-1720
Jean R. Soderlund
3. Africans in Eighteenth-Century North America
Peter H. Wood
4. In Search of Freedom: Slave Life in the Antebellum South
Norrece T. Jones
5. Though We Are Not Slaves, We Are Not Free: Blacks in Antebellum America
William G. Shade
Part III. The Reconstruction and Beyond
6. Full of Faith, Full of Hope: The African-American Experience From Emancipation to Segregation
Armstead Robinson
7. Blacks in the Economy From Reconstruction to World War I
Gerald D. Jaynes
8. In Search of the Promised Land: Black Migration and Urbanization, 1900-1940
Carole C. Marks
9. From Booker T. to Malcolm X: Black Political Thought, 1895-1965
Wilson J. Moses
10. Rights, Power and Equality: The Modern Civil Rights Movement
Edward P. Morgan
Part IV. African American Identity and Culture
11. The Sounds of Blackness: African American Music
Waldo F. Martin
12. Black Voices: Themes in African American Literature
Gerald Early
13. Black Religious Traditions: Sacred and Secular Themes
Gayraud S. Wilmore
Part V. Family, Class and Gender
14. African-American Family Life in Societal Context: Crisis and Hope
Walter R. Allen
15. From Black Bourgeoisie to African American Middle Class, 1957 to the Present
Robert Gregg
16. The New Underclass: Concentrated Poverty in the Post-Industrial City
John F. Bauman
17. Black Feminism in the United States
Beverly Guy-Sheftal
Part VI. The Post-War Agenda
18. African-Americans and Education Since the Brown Decisions: A Contextual View
Stephen N. Butler
19. After the Movement: African-Americans and Civil Rights Since 1970
Donald G. Neiman
20. The Quest for Black Equity: African-American Politics Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Lawrence J. Hanks
21. Black Internationalism: African-Americans and Foreign Policy Activism
William R. Scott
Afterword: The Future of African Americans
Charles V. Hamilton
"Beginning with the horrors of the Middle Passage and following African American history through to modern topcis of post-Civil Rights politics, this volume provides an overview of the African American Experience. 23 historians offer a variety of perspectives on topics sucha as urbanization, religion, family life, class literature, music, and education in articles covering slavery, Reconstruction, the formation of black identity and culture, and the Civil Rights movement."
"...a collection of essays by top scholars that makes compelling reading for anyone." -- Morning Call
A comprehensive overview of African American history available in a single volume. Arranged both thematically and chronoligcally, these papers discuss a wide range of topics.
Über den Autor
William R. Scott is Professor of History and Director of the African-American Studies Program at Lehigh University. He is author of The Sons of Sheba's Race:African Americans and the Italo-Ethiopian War (1993). William G. Shade is Director of the American Studies Program at Lehigh University and Co-Director of the Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. He is author of Democratizing the Old Dominion (1996) and co-editor, with Sandy Maisel, of Parties and Politics inAmerican History (1994).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
William H. Gray, III
Introduction: The Long Rugged Road
William R. Scott and William G. Shade
Part I: Out of Africa
1. Africa, The Slave Trade and the Diaspora
Joseph C. Miller
Part II. The Peculiar Institution
2. Creating a Biracial Society, 1619-1720
Jean R. Soderlund
3. Africans in Eighteenth-Century North America
Peter H. Wood
4. In Search of Freedom: Slave Life in the Antebellum South
Norrece T. Jones
5. Though We Are Not Slaves, We Are Not Free: Blacks in Antebellum America
William G. Shade
Part III. The Reconstruction and Beyond
6. Full of Faith, Full of Hope: The African-American Experience From Emancipation to Segregation
Armstead Robinson
7. Blacks in the Economy From Reconstruction to World War I
Gerald D. Jaynes
8. In Search of the Promised Land: Black Migration and Urbanization, 1900-1940
Carole C. Marks
9. From Booker T. to Malcolm X: Black Political Thought, 1895-1965
Wilson J. Moses
10. Rights, Power and Equality: The Modern Civil Rights Movement
Edward P. Morgan
Part IV. African American Identity and Culture
11. The Sounds of Blackness: African American Music
Waldo F. Martin
12. Black Voices: Themes in African American Literature
Gerald Early
13. Black Religious Traditions: Sacred and Secular Themes
Gayraud S. Wilmore
Part V. Family, Class and Gender
14. African-American Family Life in Societal Context: Crisis and Hope
Walter R. Allen
15. From Black Bourgeoisie to African American Middle Class, 1957 to the Present
Robert Gregg
16. The New Underclass: Concentrated Poverty in the Post-Industrial City
John F. Bauman
17. Black Feminism in the United States
Beverly Guy-Sheftal
Part VI. The Post-War Agenda
18. African-Americans and Education Since the Brown Decisions: A Contextual View
Stephen N. Butler
19. After the Movement: African-Americans and Civil Rights Since 1970
Donald G. Neiman
20. The Quest for Black Equity: African-American Politics Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Lawrence J. Hanks
21. Black Internationalism: African-Americans and Foreign Policy Activism
William R. Scott
Afterword: The Future of African Americans
Charles V. Hamilton
Klappentext
"Upon These Shores" is a comprehensive overview of African American history available in a single volume, bringing together original essays by some of the foremost authorities in the field. Arranged both chronologically and thematically, these papers discuss a wide range of topics--from the Middle Passage to the Civil Rights Movement; from abolition to the Great Migration; from issues in religion, class and family to literature, education and politics. "Upon These Shores" is the perfect introduction for both students and general readers to the major themes in African American history.
Contributors: Walter R. Allen, John B. Bauman, Stephen N. Butler, Gerald Early, Robert Gregg, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Charles V. Hamilton, Lawrence J. Hanks, Gerald D. Jaynes, Norrece T. Jones, Carole Marks, Waldo E. Martin, Joseph C. Miller, Wilson J. Moses, Donald G. Nieman, Armstead L. Robinson, William R. Scott, William G. Shade, Jean R. Soderlund, Gayraud S. Wilmore, and Peter H. Wood.
