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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
Condition: New

€ 46.81

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

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. Looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure - the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements - from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. This work describes Conjure and other related traditions, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking. Num Pages: 232 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HRKT; HRQX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520249882
ISBN
9780520249882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.86

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

€ 19.57

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. 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

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. 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. 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. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 128 x 15. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Haymarket Books United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931859264
ISBN
9781931859264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.49

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. 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

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

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. 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

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. 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

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

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