A companion to African-American studies /

The Companion to African-American Studies is a groundbreaking re-appraisal of the history and future of African American studies. Each original essay by an expert scholar in the field covers its topic with authority and clarity. This book is a definitive intervention at a critical time in the histor...

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Other Authors: Gordon, Lewis R. (Lewis Ricardo), 1962-, Gordon, Jane Anna, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1405154667
9781405154666
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9781280361944
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Notes on Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Introduction: On Working Through a Most Difficult Terrain; 1 On My First Acquaintance with Black Studies: A Yale Story; 2 Sustaining Africology: On the Creation and Development of a Discipline; 3 Dreams, Nightmares, and Realities: Afro-American Studies at Brown University, 1969-1986; 4 Black Studies in the Whirlwind: A Retrospective View; 5 From the Birth to a Mature Afro-American Studies at Harvard, 1969-2002; 6 Black Studies and Ethnic Studies: The Crucible of Knowledge and Social Action.