Publication

2009-01-02 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

624,000 words, Guess

Page Count

2,496 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 9 more
  • ISBN-100195167791
  • ISBN-139780195167795
  • LibraryThing5166398
  • Goodreads815052
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008034263
  • OCLC Control Number457560210
  • OCLC Control Number239240886
  • Better World Books9780195167795
  • Open LibraryOL10133577M

Classifications

  • LCCE185.6
  • LCCE185 .E5453 2009

Description

Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. --publisher description

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896-2005: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century 4-Volume SetHardcoverOxford University Press, USA2009-01-02

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