The African American experience : an historiographical and bibliographical guide / edited by Arvarh E. Strickland and Robert E. Weems, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strickland, Arvarh E.

Weems, Robert E., 1951-

Class of 1932 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Historiography.

African Americans.

African Americans--History--Bibliography.

History.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 447 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.

Summary:

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

Contents:

I African American Migration and Urbanization / Arvarh E. Strickland, Robert E. Weems, Jr. 1

II The African American Worker in Slavery and Freedom / Joe William Trotter, Jr. 23

III African American Families: Historically Resilient / Aaron Thompson 55

IV African American Women / Wilma King 71

V The African American Educational Experience / Carolyn A. Dorsey 93

VI The African American Literary Tradition / Clenora Hudson-Weems 116

VII The African American Musical Experience: There's a Story in the Song / John A. Taylor 144

VIII African American Intellectual and Political Thought / Robert L. Harris, Jr. 166

IX The African American Political Experience / Sharon D. Wright, Minion K. C. Morrison 189

X The African American Press / Julius E. Thompson 216

XI African Americans in the Military of the United States / John F. Marszalek, Horace D. Nash 231

XII The African American Athletic Experience / David K. Wiggins 255

XIII Constructing an Historiography of African American Business / Juliet E. K. Walker 278

XIV Sexuality and Race / Stanley O. Gaines, Jr. 315

XV African American Consumerism / Robert E. Weems, Jr. 336

XVI The Civil Rights Movement / John Dittmer 352

XVII African American Religion in the United States / Charles H. Long 368.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

0313298386

OCLC:

43542246