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Oxford African American studies center : the online authority on the African American experience.
Oxford African American Studies Center Available
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- Format:
- Database & Article Index
- Website/Database
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--History--Databases.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Biography--Databases.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans--Study and teaching.
- History.
- African Americans--Study and teaching--Databases.
- Genre:
- Databases.
- Electronic reference sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Oxford AASC
- African American studies center
- AASC
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2006-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field, over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, nearly 150 maps, 150 charts and tables, and over 6,000 biographies. The core content includes: Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience, second ed.; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1619-1895; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present; Black women in America, second ed.; African American national biography.
- Contents:
- Africana
- Encyclopedia of African American history
- Black women in America
- African American national biography.
- Notes:
- Title from opening screen (viewed July 28, 2006).
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., editor-in-chief.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- Contains:
- Africana.
- Encyclopedia of African American history, 1619-1895.
- Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present.
- Black women in America.
- African American national biography.
- OCLC:
- 70721448
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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