Life upon these shores : looking at African American history, 1513-2008

Author

Henry Louis Gates

Call Number

• 973.0496 G2593.1 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Knopf, 2011.

Physical Description

xvi, 487 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Summary

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents an illustrated book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama. Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship, and including more than eight hundred images--ancient maps, art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters--this book focuses on defining events, debates, and controversies, as well as the achievements of people famous and obscure.

Notes

"This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.