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Author: W. E. Burghardt Du Bois
ISBN: 9780684856575

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The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time.This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when the slaves had been freed and the attempt was made to reconstruct American society. Hailed at the time, Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 has justly been called a classic.

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Title Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880
Author W. E. Du Bois; Introduction by David Levering Lewis
Binding Paperback
Edition 12.2.1997
Pages 768
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Free Press, New York
Publication date 1999-12-01
Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780684856575 / 0684856573
Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 2.1 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 5.33 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
Category History - U.S.
Library of Congress subjects Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), African Americans - Politics and government
Dewey Decimal Code 973.049

About the author

William Edward Burghardt "W. E. B." Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community.

David Levering Lewis is the Martin Luther King Jr., chair in the history at Rutgers University. He has been awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Woodrow Wilson International Center, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the National Humanities Center, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Educated at Fisk and Columbia Universities and the London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor Lewis is the author of several acclaimed books, including King: A Biography, When Harlem Was in Vogue, and The Race to Fashoda. He and his wife live in Manhattan.