Writings : The suppression of the African slave-trade; The souls of Black Folk; Dusk of Dawn; Essays and Articles / W.E.B. Du Bois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

Contributor:

Huggins, Nathan Irvin, 1927-1989, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Library of America ; 34.

The Library of America ; 34

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. 1986

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Race relations.

Slave trade--United States--History.

Slave trade.

History.

African Americans--Race identity.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages, 1334 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. : Distributed to the trade in the United States and Canada by the Viking Press.

Other Title:

W. E. B. Du Bois

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Library of America, published by Literary Classics of the United States, 1986.

Summary:

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Contents:

The suppression of the African slave trade to the United States of America 1638-1870

The souls of Black folk

Dusk of dawn: An Essay toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept

Essays and articles.

Notes:

"Nathan Huggins wrote the notes and selected the texts for this volume."

"This book is set in 10 point Linotron Galliard, a face designed for photocomposition by Matthew Carter and based on the sixteenth-century face Granjon. The paper is acid-free Ecusta Nyalite ... The binding materials is Brillianta, a 100% woven rayon cloth ..."

"Design by Bruce Campbell."

"Jacket design by R. D. Scudellari. Calligraphy by Gun Larson."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy is "First Printing".

ISBN:

094045033X

OCLC:

13703109