| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 301 pages) : maps. |
| Series |
The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois |
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.
Works. Selections. 2007.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Negroes and negroids -- The valley of the Nile -- The Niger and the desert -- Congo and Guinea -- From the Great Lakes to the Cape -- The culture of Africa -- The trade in men -- Western slave marts -- Emancipation and enfranchisement -- The black United States -- Black Europe -- The land in Africa -- The African laborer -- The political control of Africa -- Education in Africa -- The future of world democracy. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
W.E.B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. Du Bois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several. |
| Subject |
Black race.
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Black people.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Black race. (OCoLC)fst00833751
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Black people. (OCoLC)fst00833880
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Du Bois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Black folk then and now 9780195311808 (DLC) 2007008577 (OCoLC)85830688 |
| ISBN |
9780199383238 (electronic bk.) |
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0199383235 (electronic bk.) |
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