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The Harvard Guide to African-American History [With CD-ROM]
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The Harvard Guide to African-American History [With CD-ROM] Hardback - 2001

by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Editor in Chief); Leon F. Litwack (Editor); Darlene Clark Hine (Editor)

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From the publisher

This landmark guide covers research into every aspect of African-American life and work, offering a compendium of information and interpretation about almost 400 years of African-Americans' experiences as an ethnic group and as Americans.

The first part of the Guide contains 12 essays on historical research aids, from traditional archival and reference materials to the Internet. The second and largest part presents comprehensive and chronological bibliographies, prepared by John Thornton, Peter H. Wood, Gary B. Nash, Stephanie Shaw, Richard J. M. Blackett, Eric Foner, Leon F. Litwack, Joe W. Trotter, Jeffrey Conrad Stewart, Nancy L. Grant, Darlene Clark Hine, Clayborne Carson, John H. Bracey, Adam Biggs, and Corey Walker. The third part contains listings of resources on the special subjects of women, prepared by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham; geographical areas; and autobiography and biography, prepared by Randall K. Burkett, Leon F. Litwack, and Richard Newman. A companion CD-ROM packaged with the book makes more than 15,000 bibliography entries available for computer searching.

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  • Title The Harvard Guide to African-American History [With CD-ROM]
  • Author Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Editor in Chief); Leon F. Litwack (Editor); Darlene Clark Hine (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition HAR/CDR
  • Pages 960
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press, Cambridge
  • Publication date June 25, 2001
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780674002760 / 0674002768
  • Weight 3.56 lbs (1.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.2 x 6.96 x 1.9 in (25.91 x 17.68 x 4.83 cm)
  • Age range 13 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 8 - 12
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - History, African Americans - Historiography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00053861
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.049

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/15/2000, Page 797
  • Library Journal, 09/01/2001, Page 166

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