Herbert Aptheker on Race and and Democracy
Subtitle: A Reader
Contributors: Eric Foner (Editor); Manning Marable (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: July 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780252030291
Subjects: American history; American studies; Ethnography; History; Ethnic Issues; History: American; Africa; The Americas; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; History / United States / 19th Century; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - 19th Century; African Americans; Politics and government
Description: Presenting a collection of essays by Aptheker, including topics like the maroons, black abolitionists, Reconstruction, and W.E.B. Du Bois, this book shows the critical connection between political commitment and the advancement of scholarship, and points to Aptheker's central place in the development of African American studies.