From Plantation to Ghetto (3rd Edition) (American Century) - Softcover

Meier, August; Rudwick, Elliott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809001225 ISBN 13: 9780809001224

Publisher: Hill and Wang, 1976

Synopsis

This pioneering work in African American history begins with the earliest experiences of blacks in the United States and offers an in-depth account of slavery, post-Civil War urban life, the place of religion in African American life, political activism, and the changing occupational and economic status of blacks.

About this title

About the Author:

AUGUST MEIER is a professor emeritus of history at Kent State University. He is the author of Negro Thought in America, 1880-1915, a coauthor, with Elliott Rudwick, of From Plantation to Ghetto and Black History and the Historical Profession, and a coeditor, with John Hope Franklin, of Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century.

Review:

“Done with such thoroughness and subtlety that it must stand as a classic indication of how the multidisciplinary approach can enrich historical understanding.” ―American Historical Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0809001225
• ISBN 13: 9780809001224
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 406