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10%OFFMichael L. Ondaatje - Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America - 9780812222043 - V9780812222043
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Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America

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Description for Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America paperback. Michael L. Ondaatje examines the ideas and arguments of prominent black conservative thinkers during the past three decades, charting the evolution of black conservative thought in relation to key debates on affirmative action, welfare, and education. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JPFM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.

In the last three decades, a brand of black conservatism espoused by a controversial group of African American intellectuals has become a fixture in the nation's political landscape, its proponents having shaped policy debates over some of the most pressing matters that confront contemporary American society. Their ideas, though, have been neglected by scholars of the African American experience—and much of the responsibility for explaining black conservatism's historical and contemporary significance has fallen to highly partisan journalists. Typically, those pundits have addressed black conservatives as an undifferentiated mass, proclaiming them good or bad, right or wrong, color-blind visionaries or Uncle ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222043
SKU
V9780812222043
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About Michael L. Ondaatje
Michael L. Ondaatje teaches American history at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Reviews for Black Conservative Intellectuals in Modern America
"A splendid narrative of the rise of black conservative intellectuals who emerged into the public sphere with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. . . . A first-rate, evenhanded account of black conservatism that will likely be a pivotal work on the topic for years to come."
Journal of American History
"Thoughtful, well written. . . . ... Read more

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