In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West, 1528-1990 - Hardcover

Taylor, Quintard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393041050 ISBN 13: 9780393041057

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1998

Synopsis

A pioneering illustrated history of the role of African Americans in the development of the American West ranges from the arrival of Spanish-speaking blacks in Texas in 1528, to the growth of the West's black population after World War II.

About this title

Review:

Conventional wisdom has it that there were no blacks in the Wild West, but In Search of the Racial Frontier powerfully demonstrates otherwise. Beginning with Esteban, a black slave who accompanied a party of Spanish explorers in Texas and the Southwest in the 1500s, historian Quintard Taylor traces the history of blacks in the West. He documents 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. Wide-ranging in scope and thoroughly researched, In Search of the Racial Frontier is an invaluable addition to any American history bookshelf.

About the Author:

Quintard Taylor is a professor of history at the University of Oregon. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.

About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393041050
• ISBN 13: 9780393041057
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 415