| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Very short introductions |
| Contents |
Race, slavery, and ideology in colonial North America -- Resistance and African American identity before the Civil War -- War, freedom, and a nation reconsidered -- Civilization, race, and the politics of uplift -- The making of the modern Civil Rights Movement(s) -- The paradoxes of post-civil rights America -- Stony the road we trod |
| Summary |
"What does it mean to be an American? African American history illuminates the United States' core paradoxes, inviting profound questions about what it means to be an American, a citizen, and a human being. This Very Short Introduction narrates the creation of racialized chattel slavery, the dismantling of that system during the Civil War, and the civil rights disputes that have erupted in the years since Emancipation, including the Black Lives Matter movement. Author Jonathan Scott Holloway illustrates American citizens' willingness to realize the ideal articulated in America's founding document, namely, that all people were created equal"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"Published in hardcover as "The Cause of Freedom: A Concise History of African Americans" (2021)." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History
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African Americans
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Race relations
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History of the Americas.
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History.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations -- History
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022041705 |
| ISBN |
9780190915186 |
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0190915188 |
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9780190915179 |
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019091517X |
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