The Roots of African-American Identity - Memory and History in Antebellum Free Communities (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)

Spanning the eight decades between the American Revolution and the Civil War, Bethel focuses on the lives of African Americans living in the nominally free northern and western states. Examining race and the construction of a politicized racial identity, this book explores how a group of fundamentally marginalized people crafted a uniquely New World ethnic identity which informed popular African American historical consciousness. The vision of freedom and historical consciousness this population crafted shaped post-1865 African American participation in Reconstruction, formed the spiritual and ideological foundation for the modern Pan-African movement and provided the historical legacy for the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1997
First published:	1997
Authors:	Elizabeth Rauh Bethel
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	242
Edition:	1997 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-12860-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-312-12860-6
Barcode:	9780312128609

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