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Holt, Thomas C. (Thomas Cleveland), 1942-
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Blacks -- History.
Blacks -- United States -- History.
United States -- History.
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Holt, Thomas C. (Thomas Cleveland), 1942-
Blacks -- History.
Blacks -- United States -- History.
United States -- History.
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Children
of
fire
: a
history
of
African
Americans
/ Thomas C. Holt.
by
Holt, Thomas C. (Thomas Cleveland), 1942-
Hill and Wang, c2010.
Call #:
973.0496073 H758c
Subjects
Blacks --
History
.
Blacks -- United States --
History
.
United States --
History
.
ISBN:
9780809067138 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvii, 438 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Middle passages, middlemen : Europe, Africa, America, and the slave trade -- Many thousands born : the roots of
African
America -- Slaves and citizens :
African
America in the age of Revolution -- "A new birth of freedom" : the destruction of slavery and Reconstruction of Black life -- Ragtime : race and nation at the dawn of the 20th century -- "A second emancipation" : the great migrations of the twentieth century -- "A second Reconstruction" : the freedom movement -- Citizens of the nation, citizens of the world :
African
America in the 21st century.
Summary:
"Ordinary people don’t experience
history
as it is taught by historians. They live across the convenient chronological divides we impose on the past. The same people who lived through the Civil War and the eradication of slavery also dealt with the hardships of Reconstruction, so why do we almost always treat them separately? In
Children
of
Fire
, renowned historian Thomas C. Holt challenges this form to tell the story of generations of
African
Americans
through the lived experience of the subjects themselves, with all of the nuances, ironies, contradictions, and complexities one might expect."--Jacket.
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