Up from Slavery - Brossura

Washington, Booker T.

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ISBN 10: 0192835629 ISBN 13: 9780192835628

Casa editrice: Oxford Paperbacks, 2000

Riassunto

`My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable, desolate, and discouraging surroundings.' For half a century from its publication in 1901 Up from Slavery was the best known book written by an African American. The life of ex-slave Booker T Washington embodied the legendary rise of the American self-made man, and his autobiography gave prominence for the first time to the voice of a group which had to pull itself up from extreme adversity. Washington attributes his success to his belief in many of the virtues celebrated by Benjamin Franklin: selflessness, industry, pragmatism, and optimism. But from behind the mask of the humble, plainspoken schoolmaster come hints that reveal Washington the ambitious and tough-minded analyst of power who had to balance the demands of blacks with the constraints imposed on him by whites. To read Up from Slavery is to explore the means by which Washington rose to become the most influential and powerful black American of his time. How far he compromised African American rights in order to achieve his aims remains a matter of controversy.

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Book by Washington Booker T

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• Editore: Oxford Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0192835629
• ISBN 13: 9780192835628
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Redattore: Andrews William L.