Sir Arthur Lewis: A Biography, Mosley P., Ingham B.
Автор: Mosley Название: Sir Arthur Lewis ISBN: 0230553583 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230553583 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 16769.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Sir Arthur Lewis was the first development economist, the first Afro-Caribbean to hold a professorial chair at a British university and the first black man to win the Nobel prize for economics. However, he believed his contributions to the well-being of the poor through social and political activism were as important as his economics.
Описание: Born in Carthage, North Carolina, Lucean Arthur Headen grew up amid former slave artisans. Inspired by his grandfather he dreamed of becoming an inventor. Headen left the South and risked everything to pursue his dream. Though he left few personal records, Jill Snider recreates the life of this extraordinary man through historical detective work.
Описание: At a time when speculations about Thomas Jefferson`s personal and sexual life, often based on little evidence, prevail in monographs and the media, this volume examines him from a more wide-ranging perspective, discerning his moral, political, and religious thought in relation to his actions, particularly respecting human enslavement.
Описание: This book, which encompasses the years from 1927 through 1931, is the first comprehensive sampler of Anderson's writings in the two weekly newspapers of which he was owner, publisher, reporter, copy writer, and printer. These articles from the files of the Marion Democrat and the Smyth County News reflect Anderson's interests in the local countryside that subsequently figured in his creative works.
Автор: Lewis Ronald L., Zangrando Robert L. Название: Walter F. White: The Naacp`s Ambassador for Racial Justice ISBN: 1946684627 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781946684622 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 7523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Walter F. White of Atlanta, Georgia, joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1918 as an assistant to Executive Secretary James Weldon Johnson. When Johnson retired in 1929, White replaced him as head of the NAACP, a position he maintained until his death in 1955. During his long tenure, White was in the vanguard of the struggle for interracial justice. His reputation went into decline, however, in the era of grassroots activism that followed his death. White’s disagreements with the US Left, and his ambiguous racial background—he was of mixed heritage, could “pass” as white, and divorced a black woman to marry a white woman—fueled ambivalence about his legacy.In this comprehensive biography, Zangrando and Lewis seek to provide a reassessment of White within the context of his own time, revising critical interpretations of his career. White was a promoter of and a participant in the Harlem Renaissance, a daily fixture in the halls of Congress lobbying for civil rights legislation, and a powerful figure with access to the administrations of Roosevelt (via Eleanor) and Truman. As executive secretary of the NAACP, White fought incessantly to desegregate the American military and pushed to ensure equal employment opportunities. On the international stage, White advocated for people of color in a decolonized world, and for economic development aid to nations like India and Haiti, bridging the civil rights struggles at home and abroad.
Автор: Lewis L. Gould Название: Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Creating the Modern First Lady ISBN: 0700626514 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780700626519 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3761.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Few first ladies have enjoyed a better reputation among historians than Edith Kermit Roosevelt. Aristocratic and sophisticated, tasteful and discreet, she managed the White House with a sure hand. Her admirers say that she never slipped in carrying out her duties as hostess, mother, and adviser to her husband. Lewis Gould's path-breaking study, however, presents a more complex and interesting figure than the somewhat secularized saint Edith Roosevelt has become in the literature on first ladies. While many who knew her found her inspiring and gracious, family members also recalled a more astringent and sometimes nasty personality. Gould looks beneath the surface of her life to examine the intricate legacy of her tenure from 1901 to 1909.The narrative in this book thus uncovers much new about Edith Roosevelt. Far from being averse to activism, Edith Roosevelt served as a celebrity sponsor at a New York musical benefit and also intervened in a high-profile custody dispute. Gould traces her role in the failed marriage of a United States senator, her efforts to secure the ambassador from Great Britain that she wanted, and the growing tension between her and Helen Taft in 1908-1909. Her commitment to bringing classical music artists to the White House, along with other popular performers, receives the fullest attention to date.Gould also casts a skeptical eye over the area where Edith Roosevelt's standing has been strongest, her role as a mother. He looks at how she and her husband performed as parents and dissents from the accustomed judgment that all was well with the way the Roosevelt offspring developed. Most important of all, Gould reveals the first lady's deep animus toward African Americans and their place in American society. She believed ""that any mixture of races is an unmitigated evil."" The impact of her bigotry on Theodore Roosevelt's racial policies must now be an element in any future discussion of that sensitive subject.On balance, Gould finds that Edith Roosevelt played an important and creative part in how the institution of the first lady developed during the twentieth century. His sprightly retelling of her White House years will likely provoke controversy and debate. All those interested in how the role of the presidential wife has evolved will find in this stimulating book a major contribution to the literature on a fascinating president. It also brings to life a first lady whose legacy must now be seen in a more nuanced and challenging light.
Автор: Clinton A. Hutton, Maziki Thame, Jermaine McCalpin Название: Caribbean Reasonings: Rupert Lewis and the Black Intellectual Tradition ISBN: 9766379505 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789766379506 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4158.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A collection of academic papers and personal reflections from some of the leading contemporary political minds in the Caribbean, which detail renowned scholar and activist Rupert Lewis`s impact on issues including black nationalism and identity, social and racial equality, and Caribbean and human liberation.
Автор: Funso Aiyejina, Edward Baugh, Rupert Lewis, Judy Raymond, Lisa Tomlinson Название: The Caribbean Biography Series Boxed Set ISBN: 976640769X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789766407698 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 14421.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Caribbean Biography Series from the University of the West Indies Press celebrates and emorializes the architects of Caribbean culture. The series aims to introduce general readers to those individuals who have made sterling contributions to the region in their chosen field – literature, the arts, politics, sports – and are the shapers and bearers of Caribbean identity.
Описание: As presented in this book, Lewis Stevenson Craig Craig`s story is told, unspoiled by present-mindedness, through deep research into the original sources which include Virginia family papers and court files, US military records, and Craig`s own letters and journals, most from a heretofore untouched family archive.
Автор: David Levering Lewis, Elaine Brown, Maceo C. Dailey Jr. Название: Emmett J. Scott: Power Broker of the Tuskegee Machine ISBN: 168283123X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682831236 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5643.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Reared in Freedmen's Town, Texas, Emmett J. Scott was a journalist, newspaper editor, government official, author, and chief of staff, adviser, and ghostwriter to Booker T. Washington. He was frequently called "the power broker of the Tuskegee Machine": he was a Renaissance man, scholar, and political fixer. However, his life has not received a full examination until now.
Built upon fifty years of research, Maceo C. Dailey's Emmett J. Scott offers fascinating detail by describing Scott's role in promoting the Tuskegee Institute. Before his death, Dailey had nearly singular access to the Scott papers at Morgan State University, which have been officially closed for decades. Readers will finally be exposed to Scott's behind-the-scenes contributions to racial uplift and will see Scott's influential role in advancing not only the Tuskegee Institute but also the Booker T. Washington agenda.
Editors Will Guzmán and David H. Jackson lend their own expertise in bringing Dailey's lifetime project to fruition. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis, a close friend of Maceo Dailey, provides a timely foreword. Former Black Panther Party chairwoman Elaine Brown, granddaughter of Emmett J. Scott, reflects on her relationship with Scott and his impact in the afterword.
Taken together, this work of biography is an impressive reference and an essential endeavor of recovery, one that restores to prominence the life and legacy of Emmett J. Scott.
Описание: "Greenback" is the remarkable story of ordinary men cast into extraordinary circumstances fighting a war thousands of miles from home. The author, Lewis Scheider, was one of those men. From induction on March 18th, 1944, the narrative follows Lewis through training at army bases across the United States, including Fort Bragg, Fort Jackson, Fort Sill, Camp Forrest, Fort Leonard Wood, and Camp Laguna in the California desert near the Mexican border. At Fort Jackson, Lewis was assigned to the ammunition section of C-Battery, 45th Field Artillery Battalion (code-named Greenback), 8th Infantry Division. In this highly personal story, Lewis describes daily life of a GI preparing for and making his way through the challenges of war, illustrated by vignettes of the America he saw while hitchhiking from training camps across the country and the people and places he encountered in Northern Ireland and on patrols and short respites from the war in France, Luxembourg, and Germany. In addition to the narrative and photographs, "Greenback" includes excerpts of newsletters, Nazi propaganda, a map, and other memorabilia that add to the story. For members of the Greatest Generation who are still alive, their children and grandchildren, and anyone who wonders what a GIs life was like on the ground in Northern France and western Germany during World War 2, "Greenback" is a compelling and poignant contribution to the history of the war.
Описание: Presents an historical narrative that explores the inner turmoil of a college president who positioned himself between opposing political ideologies. Guy Herbert Wells, president of Georgia State College for (white) Women, had to manage the tension between holding true to his own values while working for a state system that upheld white supremacy.
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