Booker T. Washington in Perspective
Essays of Louis R. Harlan
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781604735987 | |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi | Publication: | June 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781604735987 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Publication: | June 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | University Press of Mississippi |
| Language: | English |
Written over a span of a quarter of a century, they present a remarkably rich and complex look at Washington, the educator and leading precursor of the Civil Rights Movement who rose from slavery to be the dominant force in black America at the opening of the twentieth century.
Harlan's mastery of biography is revealed in essays printed here exploring the nature of biographical writing. Readers interested in the art of historiography and biography will find here Harlan's essays detailing his experience in crafting his acclaimed biography of Washington, which received two Bancroft Awards, the Beveridge Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.
Booker T. Washington in Perspective reveals Harlan as historian and biographer in the essays that were the prelude to his masterwork.
Written over a span of a quarter of a century, they present a remarkably rich and complex look at Washington, the educator and leading precursor of the Civil Rights Movement who rose from slavery to be the dominant force in black America at the opening of the twentieth century.
Harlan's mastery of biography is revealed in essays printed here exploring the nature of biographical writing. Readers interested in the art of historiography and biography will find here Harlan's essays detailing his experience in crafting his acclaimed biography of Washington, which received two Bancroft Awards, the Beveridge Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.
Booker T. Washington in Perspective reveals Harlan as historian and biographer in the essays that were the prelude to his masterwork.
