Afro-Americana, 1553-1906

Afro-Americana, 1553-1906

Author: Library Company of Philadelphia

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781584562368

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"Expanded, second edition of the 1973 bibliography documenting holdings of the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, based on the exhibition 'Negro History: 1553-1903.' Annotates almost 20,000 printed works and manuscripts, including more than 2500 new entries"--Provided by publisher.


Generations Past

Generations Past

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13:

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This book "is a selected list of books in the collections of the Library of Congress compiled primarily for researchers of Afro-American lineages. Included in this bibliography are guidebooks, bibliographies, genealogies, collective biographies, United States local histories, directories, and other works pertaining specifically to Afro-Americans. Emphasis is on books that contain information about lesser-known individuals of the nineteenth century and earlier, although Afro-American business and city directories published through 1959 are listed"--Introd.


The Harvard Guide to African-American History

The Harvard Guide to African-American History

Author: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 968

ISBN-13: 9780674002760

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Compiles information and interpretations on the past 500 years of African American history, containing essays on historical research aids, bibliographies, resources for womens' issues, and an accompanying CD-ROM providing bibliographical entries.


The Abolitionist Sisterhood

The Abolitionist Sisterhood

Author: Jean Fagan Yellin

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2018-05-31

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1501711423

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A small group of black and white American women who banded together in the 1830s and 1840s to remedy the evils of slavery and racism, the "antislavery females" included many who ultimately struggled for equal rights for women as well. Organizing fundraising fairs, writing pamphlets and giftbooks, circulating petitions, even speaking before "promiscuous" audiences including men and women—the antislavery women energetically created a diverse and dynamic political culture. A lively exploration of this nineteenth-century reform movement, The Abolitionist Sisterhood includes chapters on the principal female antislavery societies, discussions of black women's political culture in the antebellum North, articles on the strategies and tactics the antislavery women devised, a pictorial essay presenting rare graphics from both sides of abolitionist debates, and a final chapter comparing the experiences of the American and British women who attended the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.


Guide to Women's History Resources in the Delaware Valley Area

Guide to Women's History Resources in the Delaware Valley Area

Author: Trina Vaux

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1512808369

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.


International Dictionary of Library Histories

International Dictionary of Library Histories

Author: David H. Stam

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2001-11

Total Pages: 1086

ISBN-13: 1136777857

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Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with globally or regionally notable collections, innovative traditions, and significant and interesting histories. The essays take advantage of the growing scholarship of library history to provide insightful overviews of each institution, including not only the traditional values of these libraries but their innovations as well, such as developments in automated systems and electronic delivery. The profiles will emphasize the unique materials of research in these institutions - archives, manuscripts, personal and institutional papers. The introductory articles on types of libraries include topics ranging from theological libraries to prison libraries, from the ancient to the digital. An international team of more than 200 leading scholars in the field have contributed essays to the project.


Odysseys Home

Odysseys Home

Author: George Elliott Clarke

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780802081919

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These tensions are revealed in the literature that Clarke argues to be - paradoxically - uniquely Canadian and proudly apart from a mainstream national identity."--BOOK JACKET.