African American Voices 4e - (Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History) 4th Edition by Steven Mintz (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>More than seventy primary documents provide an overview of the history of slavery that places American slavery in comparative perspective.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that places American slavery in comparative perspective. <br /> <ul> <li>Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the history of slavery in America<br /> </li> <li>Includes extensive excerpts from slave narratives, interviews with former slaves, and letters by African Americans that document the experience of bondage<br /> </li> <li>Comprehensive headnotes introduce each selection<br /> </li> <li>A Visual History chapter provides images to supplement the written documents<br /> </li> <li>Includes an extensive bibliography and bibliographic essay</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Including more than 70 documents that span the history of slavery in America, <i>African American Voices</i> chronicles the widely varied experience of African American slaves. It presents 250 years of the collective life-cycle of an enslaved people through substantial excerpts from slave narratives, interviews with former slaves, and letters that document the experience of bondage, and supplies comprehensive introductions and head notes, a visual history of slavery, and an extensive bibliography.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Steven Mintz</b> is Professor of History and Director, American Cultures Program, at the University of Houston. His thirteen books include <i>Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life</i> (1988; co-authored with Susan Kellogg); and a major interpretation of antebellum reform, <i>Moralists & Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers</i> (1995). His most recent book, <i>Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood</i>, received the Association of American Publishers R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Book of 2004; the Organization of American Historians 2004 Merle Curti Award for the best book in social history; and the Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for the best non-fiction book of 2004.
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