Upon these Shores: Themes in the African-American Experience 1600 to the Present

This one-volume, comprehensive overview of African American history brings together original essays by some of the foremost authorities in the field. Arranged both thematically and chronologically, these papers discuss a wide range of topics - from the Middle Passage to the Civil Rights Movement; from abolition to the Great Migration; from issues in religion, class and family to literature, education and politics.

Author: William R. Scott
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/29/1999
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.93h x 6.06w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780415924078

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/1999 pg. 768
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2001 pg. 51
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 40

About the Author

William R. Scott is Professor of History and Director of the African-American Studies Program at Lehigh University. He is author of The Sons of Sheba's Race: African Americans and the Italo-Ethiopian War (1993). William G. Shade is Director of the American Studies Program at Lehigh University and Co-Director of the Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies. He is author of Democratizing the Old Dominion (1996) and co-editor, with Sandy Maisel, of Parties and Politics inAmerican History (1994).