IN SEARCH OF THE RACIAL FRONTIER: African Americans in the American West 1528-1990.

Taylor, Quintard.

ISBN 10: 0393318893 / ISBN 13: 9780393318890

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1999

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1st trade paperback printing. A wide-ranging general history of African Americans in the land West of the Mississippi, "beginning with Esteban, a black slave who accompanied a party of Spanish explorers in Texas and the Southwest in the 1500s, [and including] the experiences of black explorers, black mountain men, black cowboys, buffalo soldiers, and black women who joined clubs and "progressive associations" and helped found all-black towns. . Includes discussions of groups of African American wholly absorbed into Native American culture to illustrating how the largely forgotten role of blacks in the West helped contribute to everything from the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation ruling to the rise of the Black Panther Party" Illustrated with photographs, maps, extensive notes, bibliography and index. 415 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

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• Titolo: IN SEARCH OF THE RACIAL FRONTIER: African Americans in the American West 1528-1990.
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, New York
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0393318893
• ISBN 13: 9780393318890
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: NEAR FINE
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • African American History and nonfiction

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A landmark history of African Americans in the West, In Search of the Racial Frontier rescues the collective American consciousness from thinking solely of European pioneers when considering the exploration, settling, and conquest of the territory west of the Mississippi. From its surprising discussions of groups of African American wholly absorbed into Native American culture to illustrating how the largely forgotten role of blacks in the West helped contribute to everything from the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation ruling to the rise of the Black Panther Party, Quintard Taylor fills a major void in American history and reminds us that the African American experience is unlimited by region or social status.

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A landmark history of African Americans in the West, In Search of the Racial Frontier rescues the collective American consciousness from thinking solely of European pioneers when considering the exploration, settling, and conquest of the territory west of the Mississippi. From its surprising discussions of groups of African American wholly absorbed into Native American culture to illustrating how the largely forgotten role of blacks in the West helped contribute to everything from the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation ruling to the rise of the Black Panther Party, Quintard Taylor fills a major void in American history and reminds us that the African American experience is unlimited by reion or social status. "[Rich] in scope and scholarly detail - it will certinaly stand as the definitive work on the subject for some time to come." - James A. Miller, Boston Globe "[B]y far the most complete general history of blacks in the West." - Scott L. Malcolmson, Newsday "An absorbing chronicle." - Publisher's Weekly "Those looking for a solid overview of the African-American presence in our region would do well to let Quintard Taylor be their guide." - John C. Walter, Seattle Times