African American history; 3v.1587652390 African American history African American history is the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States. Most African Americans are the descendants of African slaves held in the United States from 1619 to 1865. ; 3v. Ed. by Carl L. Bankston Carl L. Bankston III (born August 8, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American sociologist and author. He is best known for his work on immigration to the United States, particularly on the adaptation of Vietnamese American immigrants, and for his work on ethnicity, social . Salem Press 2006 1179 pages $207.00 Hardcover Magill's choice E185 Compiled from a number of Salem Press reference sets (particularly Racial and ethnic relations in America, published in 1999), this is an in-depth resource for history and issues central to the African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. experience. Slavery, abolition, civil rights, discrimination, voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. , Supreme Court decisions, and federal laws are central themes. Many of the entries are devoted to specific events or eras or to broad subjects such as economic history, the military, music, etc. Volume 3 contains several resources, including a biographical directory for over 100 people. Bankston (Tulane U.) contributed ten new entries for this reference, as well as an introductory essay on historiography historiography Writing of history, especially that based on the critical examination of sources and the synthesis of chosen particulars from those sources into a narrative that will stand the test of critical methods. . The longer entries include an annotated list of readings; all the entries end with cross references. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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