Synopses & Reviews
Compared to the early decades of the 20th century, when scholarly writing on African Americans was limited to a few titles on slavery, Reconstruction, and African American migration, the last thirty years have witnessed an explosion of works on the African American experience. With the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s came an increasing demand for the study and teaching of African American history followed by the publication of increasing numbers of titles on African American life and history. This volume provides a comprehensive bibliographical and analytical guide to this growing body of literature as well as an analysis of how the study of African Americans has changed. In essays written by scholars from the fields of history, literature, religion, political science, sociology, psychology, music, and religion, the book spotlights the historiographical trends associated with the evolving study of African American life and history. Students and scholars, as well as general readers, will find the guide to be a useful tool in identifying secondary materials for study, class use, and scholarly research.
Review
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Synopsis
Compared to the early decades of the 20th century, when scholarly writing on African Americans was limited to a few titles on slavery, Reconstruction, and African American migration, the last thirty years have witnessed an explosion of works on the African American experience. With the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s came an increasing demand for the study and teaching of African American history followed by the publication of increasing numbers of titles on African American life and history. This volume provides a comprehensive bibliographical and analytical guide to this growing body of literature as well as an analysis of how the study of African Americans has changed.
About the Author
ARVARH E. STRICKLAND is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri--Columbia.ROBERT E.WEEMS, JR. is Professor of History at the University of Missouri--Columbia.
Table of Contents
African American migration and urbanization / Arvarh E. Strickland and Robert E. Weems, Jr. -- The African American worker in slavery and freedom / Joe William Trotter, Jr. -- African American families: historically resilient / Aaron Thompson -- African American women / Wilma King -- The African American educational experience / Carolyn a. Dorsey -- The African American literary tradition / Clenora Hudson-Weems -- The African American musical experience: there's a story in the song / John A. Taylor -- African American intellectual and political thought / Robert L. Harris, Jr. -- The African American political experience / Sharon D. Wright and Minion K.C. Morrison -- The African American press / Julius E. Thompson -- African Americans in the military of the United States / John F. Marszalek and Horace D. Nash -- The African American athletic experience / David K. Wiggins -- Constructing an historiography of African American business / Juliet E.K. Walker -- Sexuality and race / Stanley O. Gaines, Jr. -- African American consumerism / Robert E. Weems, Jr. -- The civil rights movement / John Dittmer -- African American religion in the United States / Charles H. Long.