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.
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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 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.
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From Plantation to Ghetto An Interpretive History of American Negroes
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