The African American Experience: An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide

by Arvarh E. Strickland, Robert E. Weems

Overview

Provides a comprehensive guide to the literature and spotlights the historiographical trends associated with the evolving study of African American life and history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313065002
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/30/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	594 KB

About the Author

Arvarh E. Strickland is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri—Columbia. His recent publications include Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History: A Diary, 1928-1933 (1989) and Selling Black History for Carter G. Woodson: A Diary, 1930-1933 (1996).

Robert E.Weems, Jr. is Professor of History at the University of Missouri—Columbia. He is the author of Black Business in the Black Metropolis: The Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company, 1925-1985 (1996) and Desegregating the Dollar: African American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century (1998).

Table of Contents

	Preface	vii
I	African American Migration and Urbanization	1
II	The African American Worker in Slavery and Freedom	23
III	African American Families: Historically Resilient	55
IV	African American Women	71
V	The African American Educational Experience	93
VI	The African American Literary Tradition	116
VII	The African American Musical Experience: There's a Story in the Song	144
VIII	African American Intellectual and Political Thought	166
IX	The African American Political Experience	189
X	The African American Press	216
XI	African Americans in the Military of the United States	231
XII	The African American Athletic Experience	255
XIII	Constructing an Historiography of African American Business	278
XIV	Sexuality and Race	315
XV	African American Consumerism	336
XVI	The Civil Rights Movement	352
XVII	African American Religion in the United States	368
	Index	395
	About the Editors and Contributors	445

Editorial Reviews

A guide to the growing body of sources on the African American experience. Contributors from the fields of history, literature, religion, political science, music, and religion spotlight the historiographical trends associated with the evolving study of American life and history, and present lists of key books and articles. Material is in sections on areas such as migration and urbanization, families, women, education, intellectual and political thought, the press, athletics, and sexuality. The editors are affiliated with the University of Missouri-Columbia. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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