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Paul Robeson : the years of promise and achievement / Sheila Tully Boyle & Andrew Bunie.
Van Pelt Library E185.97.R63 B69 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyle, Sheila Tully, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
- Robeson, Paul.
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976--Childhood and youth.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Singers--United States--Biography.
- Singers.
- African American political activists.
- United States.
- African American singers--Biography.
- African American singers.
- Actors--United States--Biography.
- Actors.
- African American actors--Biography.
- African American actors.
- Political activists--United States--Biography.
- Political activists.
- African American political activists--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 521 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Princeton (1898-1907) 1
- Chapter 2 Father and Son (1907-1915) 27
- Chapter 3 Robeson of Rutgers (1915-1919) 44
- Chapter 4 Harlem (1919-1922) 78
- Chapter 5 Beginnings of a Career (1922-1924) 102
- Chapter 6 Concert Stage (1924-1925) 135
- Chapter 7 Touring America (1926-1927) 169
- Chapter 8 Show Boat (1928-1929) 187
- Chapter 9 The Toast of England (1929-1930) 207
- Chapter 10 Uncouplings (1930-1931) 230
- Chapter 11 Coming of Age (1932) 252
- Chapter 12 The Emperor and Screen Images (1933-1934) 269
- Chapter 13 The Search for Home (1934-1935) 302
- Chapter 14 Film and Its Limits (1935-1936) 318
- Chapter 15 African Journeys (1936) 338
- Chapter 16 Russian Romance (1936-1937) 356
- Chapter 17 The World Scene: Politics (1937-1939) 379
- Chapter 18 Going Home (1939) 402.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-495) and index.
- ISBN:
- 155849149X
- OCLC:
- 45841515
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