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Ebony & ivy : race, slavery, and the troubled history of America's universities / Craig Steven Wilder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilder, Craig Steven, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in higher education--United States.
- Discrimination in higher education.
- Minorities--Education (Higher).
- History.
- African Americans.
- Education, Higher.
- United States.
- Racism in education--United States.
- Racism in education.
- Slavery--United States.
- Slavery.
- Universities and colleges--United States--History.
- Universities and colleges.
- African Americans--History--Education (Higher).
- Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States--History.
- Minorities.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Ebony and ivy
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A groundbreaking and incendiary exploration of the intertwined histories of slavery, racism, and higher education in America, from a leading African-American historian and the author of "A Covenant in Color." Illustrations.
- Contents:
- Prologue: A Connecticut Yankee at an ancient Indian mound
- Slavery and the rise of the American college: The edges of the empire ; "Bonfires of the Negros" ; "The very name of a West-Indian" ; Ebony and ivy
- Race and the rise of the American college: Whitening the promised land ; "All students & all Americans" ; "On the bodily and mental inferiority of the Negro" ; "Could they be sent back to Africa"
- Epilogue: Cotton comes to Harvard.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-408) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781608193837
- 1608193837
- Publisher Number:
- 99985013652
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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