African American history
African American sourcebook
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early American history
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history of slavery
us history
Product details
- ISBN 9781405182676
- Weight: 390g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Feb 2009
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that places American slavery in comparative perspective.
- Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the history of slavery in America
- Includes extensive excerpts from slave narratives, interviews with former slaves, and letters by African Americans that document the experience of bondage
- Comprehensive headnotes introduce each selection
- A Visual History chapter provides images to supplement the written documents
- Includes an extensive bibliography and bibliographic essay
Steven Mintz is Professor of History and Director, American Cultures Program, at the University of Houston. His thirteen books include Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life (1988; co-authored with Susan Kellogg); and a major interpretation of antebellum reform, Moralists & Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers (1995). His most recent book, Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood, received the Association of American Publishers R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Book of 2004; the Organization of American Historians 2004 Merle Curti Award for the best book in social history; and the Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for the best non-fiction book of 2004.
