The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois) - Brossura

Du Bois, W. E. B.; Hartman, Saidya

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ISBN 10: 0199384347 ISBN 13: 9780199384341

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2014

Riassunto

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. DuBois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several works of history.

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870, W. E. B. Du Bois's groundbreaking monograph, recounts the moral failures and missed opportunities of the American Revolution and the consequences of compromising with slavery. As Du Bois's first published work and doctoral dissertation, Suppression lays the groundwork for his early commitment to the study of the African American experience. At the time of its publication in 1896, Du Bois's monograph was at the forefront of developments in historiography, embodying a new, empirical approach to history. Suppression is integral to understanding Du Bois's early theories and his evolution into a leading scholar and activist. With a series introduction by editor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and an introduction by Saidiya Hartman, this edition is essential for anyone interested in African American history.

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L'autore:

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has edited several major reference works, including Dictionary of African Biography, African American Lives, Africana, and African American National Biography. In addition, he is Editor in Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center (www.oxfordaasc.com).

Contenuti:

• Series Introduction: The Black Letters on the Sign
• Introduction
• Preface
• Introductory
• The Planting Colonies
• The Farming Colonies
• The Trading Colonies
• The Period of the Revolution, 1774-1787
• The Federal Convention, 1787
• Toussaint L'Overture and Anti-Slavery Effort, 1787-1806
• The Period of Attempted Suppression, 1807-1825
• The International Status of the Slave-Trade, 1783-1862
• The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, 1820-1850
• The Final Crisis, 1850-1870
• The Essentials in the Struggle
• Appendix A: A Chronological Conspectus of Colonial and State Legislation Restricting the African Slave-Trade, 1641-1787
• Appendix B: A Chronological Conspectus of State, National, and International Legislation, 1788-1871
• Appendix C: Typical Cases of Vessels Engaged in the American Slave-Trade, 1619-1864
• Appendix D: Biblography
• Index
• William Edward Burghardt Du Bois: A Chronology
• Selected Bibliography

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199384347
• ISBN 13: 9780199384341
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 290
• Redattore: Gates Jr. Henry Louis