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Text, maps, and illustrations introduce African cultures and trace African American history from the slave trade through the Civil War, emancipation, the early twentieth century, and the civil rights movement to the present.
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About the Author
James Ciment is an independent scholar and the author of "Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It" (forthcoming from Hill and Wang). He lives in Los Angeles.
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This attractive and informative title about African American history is more or less chronologically arranged. Beginning with a chapter on African history and ending with a chapter on “Black America Today” that is up to date through 2007, with Barack Obama a presidential candidate, it provides a “detailed overview of experiences and events surrounding Americans of African descent.” Among the topics and events that are discussed are the Amistad incident, racism following Hurricane Katrina, integration of the armed forces, and the rise of hip-hop. Of course, a work of this size can’t be comprehensive. The Tulsa violence of 1921 is described in a text box, but Rosewood and Fort Pillow aren’t mentioned. Photos, maps, charts, and graphs are used liberally and usually illustrate the text well. An index and selected bibliography add to the book’s usefulness. Kudos to the author for readability and the careful way he posits theories about early civilizations. Writing is clear, and the book is certainly inviting. High-school and college libraries that don’t already own the first (2001) edition will want to purchase this for reference or circulating collections. --Susan Gooden
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- PublisherCheckmark Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 081604127X
- ISBN 13 9780816041275
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages214
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A brief and general history of African-American life. The term atlas is used broadly, since maps are only one aspect of the illustrations in the book. In addition to the maps, each chapter is well illustrated with photos, drawings, charts and graphs, both in b&w and color. Seven chapters, as follows: 1: The African Heritage: A Short History of the Continent; 2: Slavery in Early America; 3: The Divided Nation; 4: Up From Slavery: African Americans in the Late 19th Century; 5: "The New Negro": African Americans in the Early 20th Century; 6: The Civil Rights Years: African Americans in the Late 20th Century; and 7: The Struggle Continues: The Post Civil-Rights Era. Seller Inventory # 000876
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