Books > History > American history
|
Buy Now
We Were Eight Years in Power - 'One of the foremost essayists on race in the West' Nikesh Shukla, author of The Good Immigrant (Paperback)
Loot Price: R192
Discovery Miles 1 920
You Save: R48
(20%)
|
|
We Were Eight Years in Power - 'One of the foremost essayists on race in the West' Nikesh Shukla, author of The Good Immigrant (Paperback)
(1 rating, sign in to rate)
List price R240
Loot Price R192
Discovery Miles 1 920
You Save R48 (20%)
Expected to ship within 5 - 10 working days
|
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'I've been wondering who might fill
the intellectual void after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is
Ta-Nehisi Coates' Toni Morrison 'Searing. One of the foremost
essayists on race in the West... [He] is responsible for some of
the most important writing about what it is to be black in America
today' Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant An essential
account of modern America, from Obama to Trump, from black lives
matter to white supremacists rising - by the bestselling author of
Between the World and Me Obama's presidency was a watershed moment
in American history. From 2008-2016, the leader of the free world
was a black man. In those eight years, Obama transformed the
conversation around race, gender, class and wealth - inspiring hope
but also attracting criticism and breeding discontent. In this
unflinching book, Ta-Nehisi Coates takes stock of Obama's eight
years in power, through such iconic, unmissable essays as 'Fear of
a Black President' and 'The Case for Reparations'. His account
traverses the intersections of the political, the ideological and
the cultural, presenting an America in radical flux and yet still
in the grip of racial injustice, class warfare and institutional
conspiracy. And it reflects on the author's own journey through
these eight years, charting the public through the private in
passages of startling intimate and piercingly relevant memoir.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is one of our most brilliant, most fearless and
most essential living writers - and his work is crucial to
understanding race in America today. Finalist for the Los Angeles
Book Prize 2018 Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for
Excellence 2018 RAVE READER REVIEWS: 'Brilliantly written,
incisive, and extremely relevant. Read it with your families, use
it in your classrooms, give copies to your friends' (Liz) 'Coates
thinks more deeply and writes more clearly about the national
tragedy and disgrace that is our collective failure to confront the
legacy of White Supremacy than just about anyone... I can't
recommend it highly enough' (Worddancer Redux) 'Every white person
who wants to really know how it looks from 'the other side' should
take on the responsibility of reading Coates' eye-opening,
informative book... A must read for everyone of every colour' (Indy
JV) 'A masterful understanding of how the USA really works'
(shedgirl) 'If you want to know the wellsprings of racism in
America - then read this book!' (David C. R. Hancock)
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.