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Lines of Descent: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity
W. E. B. Du Bois never felt so at home as when he was a student at the University of Berlin. But Du
Walter B.Cannon: Science and Society
This second volume completes the story begun in "Walter B. Cannon: The Life and Times of a Young Sci
Crossing Borders: Migration and Citizenship in the Twentieth-Century United States
Aspiring immigrants to the United States make many separate border crossings in their quest to becom
Blacks in and Out of the Left
The radical black left that played a crucial role in twentieth-century struggles for equality and ju
Three Ancient Colonies: Caribbean Themes and Variations
As a young anthropologist, Sidney Mintz undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. Fift
What Was African American Literature
African American literature is over. With this provocative claim Kenneth Warren sets out to identify
Big Enough to be Inconsistent: Abraham Lincoln Confronts Slavery and Race
"Cruel, merciful; peace-loving, a fighter; despising Negroes and letting them fight and vote; protec
The Anatomy of Racial Inequality
Challenging the orthodoxies of both Left and Right, Glenn Loury is one of the most prominent and con
The Oracle and the Curse: A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War
Condemned to hang after his raid on Harper's Ferry, John Brown prophesied that the crimes of a slave
Children Solving Problems
A one-year-old attempting to build a tower of blocks may bring the pile crashing down, yet her five-
Why the Garden Club Couldn't Save Youngstown: The Transformation of the Rust Belt
In this book, Sean Safford compares the recent history of Allentown, Pennsylvania, with that of Youn
Alone in America: The Stories That Matter
Robert A. Ferguson investigates the nature of loneliness in American fiction, from its mythological
Race Men
Who are the "race men" standing for black America? It is a question Hazel Carby rejects, along with
Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change
Too many American families unstable, broken, often poor are in serious peril, and both the reality o
In the Shadow of Du Bois: Afro-Modern Political Thought in America
"The Souls of Black Folk" is Du Bois' outstanding contribution to modern political theory. It is his
A Home Elsewhere: Reading African-American Classics in the Age of Obama
In this series of interlocking essays, which had their start as lectures inspired by the presidency