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Africana : the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience / editors, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates.
A guide to the history and current state of Africa and African American heritage includes entries on topics ranging from affirmative action to zydeco.
Item details
- ISBN: 0465000711
- ISBN: 9780465000715
- ISBN: 0965032744
- ISBN: 9780965032742
- Physical Description: xxxvii, 2095 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Civitas Books, ©1999.
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 2065-2095). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: An Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Charts, Maps, and Tables -- Articles -- Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience -- Ancient African Civilizations/Kevin MacDonald -- Civil Rights Movement/Patricia Sullivan -- Decolonization in Africa: An Interpretation/Frederick Cooper -- Garrido, Juan: A Black Conquistador in Mexico/Paul Gerhard -- Harlem Renaissance/David Levering Lewis -- Islam and Tradition/Lamin Sanneh -- Latin America, Blacks and Indians in: An Interpretation/Peter Wade -- Pan-Africanism and Afro-Latin America/Darien J. Davis -- Photography, African American/Deborah Willis -- Transatlantic Slave Trade/ Stephen Behrendt -- W E.B. Du Bois: An Interpretation/Cornel West -- Women and the Black Baptist Church/Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham -- Select Bibliography. |
| Awards Note: | Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Award, 2000. |
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| Genre: | Encyclopedias. |
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| Statesboro Regional Library: Bryan County Library, Pembroke |
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Summary:
A guide to the history and current state of Africa and African American heritage includes entries on topics ranging from affirmative action to zydeco.
