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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-
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Bunie, Andrew.
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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