Mintz African American Voices

A Documentary Reader, 1619-1877
4. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1077-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History

A succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery thatplaces American slavery in comparative perspective.
* Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on thehistory of slavery in America
* Includes extensive excerpts from slave narratives, interviewswith former slaves, and letters by African Americans that documentthe experience of bondage
* Comprehensive headnotes introduce each selection
* A Visual History chapter provides images to supplement thewritten documents
* Includes an extensive bibliography and bibliographic essay

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mintz, Steven

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Mintz is Professor of History and Director, American Cultures Program, at the University of Houston. His thirteen books include Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life (1988; co-authored with Susan Kellogg); and a major interpretation of antebellum reform, Moralists & Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers (1995). His most recent book, Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood, received the Association of American Publishers R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Book of 2004; the Organization of American Historians 2004 Merle Curti Award for the best book in social history; and the Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for the best non-fiction book of 2004.