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Hardback. Parfitt explains how many African peoples came to think of themselves as descendants of the ancient tribes of Israel. Pursuing medieval and modern race narratives over a millennium in which Jews were cast as black and black Africans were cast as Jews, he reveals a complex interaction between religious and racial labels and their political uses. Series: The Nathan I. Huggins Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066984
ISBN
9780674066984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252060267
ISBN
9780252060267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; KCFM; LNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. . Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Reprint
SKU
KEX0210351
ISBN
9780299105907
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062131
ISBN
9780252062131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Recounts the accomplishments of fifteen Black American men and women, including Martin Luther King, Mary McLeod Bethune, Adam Clayton Powell, and Booker T. Washington. Editor(s): Franklin, John Hope; Meier, August. Series: Blacks in the New World. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780252009396
ISBN
9780252009396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Drawing on a wealth of oral interviews, Conversations on Black Leadership uses the lives of prominent African Americans to trace the contours of Black leadership in America. Included here are fascinating accounts from a wide variety of figures such as John Lewis, Clarence Thomas, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Angela Davis, Amiri Baraka, and many more. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 379 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137342508
ISBN
9781137342508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.56

Hardback. The history of the black struggle for civil rights and political and economic equality in America is tied to the strategies, agendas, and styles of black leaders. Marable examines different models of black leadership and the figures who embody them: integration (Booker T. Washington, Harold Washington), nationalist separatism (Louis Farrakhan), and democratic transformation (W.E.B. Du Bois). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231107464
ISBN
9780231107464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

hardcover. This title presents an overview of black leadership in every aspect of American life, including movements for social justice, education, business, and politics. The book also suggests a theoretical framework for future research on the impact of black leadership in America. Num Pages: 264 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Praeger United States
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313313967
ISBN
9780313313967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.88

Hardback. This sequel to The Black Librarian in America (Scarecrow, 1970) contains an array of contributors representing a new generation of African American librarians, addressing the same perplexing problems that their predecessors examined. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810828308
ISBN
9780810828308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.13

Paperback. Black Life in Mississippi is a collection of essays which explore the underexposed life and culture of black Mississippians between the 1860's and the 1980's. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; G; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 133 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761819226
ISBN
9780761819226
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.02

Hardback. Features a concept of sacred humanity embedded in African-American religious thought historically and available for a more scientifically and morally grounded African-American religiosity in the present and future. Also traces indications of this concept in select writings of Anna Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Baldwin. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRC; HRLB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269815
ISBN
9780823269815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.85

Paperback. Features a concept of sacred humanity embedded in African-American religious thought historically and available for a more scientifically and morally grounded African-American religiosity in the present and future. Also traces indications of this concept in select writings of Anna Julia Cooper, W. E. B. Du Bois, and James Baldwin. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; HRC; HRLB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269822
ISBN
9780823269822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814737354
ISBN
9780814737354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781688212
ISBN
9781781688212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.57

Paperback. BIC Classification: JFSL. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349554515
ISBN
9781349554515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
59256th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813533841
ISBN
9780813533841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. The objective of this collection is to look at Afro-American young men within their full social and community context. The book consists of 19 chapters in four sections focusing on the structural conditions, parenting, education and social identity of young black men. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSL1; JFSL3; JFSP1; JFSP2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819191151
ISBN
9780819191151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.23

In "The Tempest", Shakespeare created Caliban as an archetype used to depict black men as slaves, savages, and threats to civilization. This study traces the Caliban legacy in modern and post-modern novels, exploring the work of black male writers such as John Edgar Wideman and Clarence Major. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122045
ISBN
9780813122045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.81

Hardcover. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFN; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633822
ISBN
9780815633822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.63

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gordon, Jacob U. Num Pages: 227 pages, tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 189 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590333709
ISBN
9781590333709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.09
€ 40.41

Hardcover. This volume focuses on the issues African American males face not only as participants in athletic competition as student-athletes but also as coaches, administrators, and academic support staff. It will serve as a valuable resource for educational policy makers, especially athletic association personnel (i.e. NCAA), and other constituents. Editor(s): Moore, James L., III; Bennett, Robert A., III; Graham, David L.; Hodge, Samuel R. Series: Diversity in Higher Education. Num Pages: 348 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JNM; WSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 35. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784413941
ISBN
9781784413941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Amer, Mildred L. Num Pages: 76 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594547454
ISBN
9781594547454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 58.29

Paperback. Tells a coming-of-age story that counters the belief that basketball only exploits kids and lures them into following empty dreams - and shows us that by playing ball, some of these young black men have already begun their education even before they get to college. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226211411
ISBN
9780226211411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.33

Paperback. Includes essays that cover topics such as the legal construction of black male identity, domestic abuse in the black community, the enduring power of black machismo, the politics of black male/white female relationships, the role of black men in black women's quest for racial equality, and the heterosexist nature of black political engagement. Editor(s): Carbado, Devon. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814715536
ISBN
9780814715536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.93

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