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The Civil Rights Movement
Mark Newman
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Description for The Civil Rights Movement
Paperback. This introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. 200 pages. This introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPVH. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 13. Weight: 272.
This introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement, eschewing the celebratory tone that pervades much of the current literature, and taking into account the African-American community's diversity. Mark Newman outlines the range of white responses to the movement and analyses both northern and southern opinion. He examines the role of the federal government, the church and organised labour, as well as assessing the impact of the Cold War. The book ... Read more
This introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement, eschewing the celebratory tone that pervades much of the current literature, and taking into account the African-American community's diversity. Mark Newman outlines the range of white responses to the movement and analyses both northern and southern opinion. He examines the role of the federal government, the church and organised labour, as well as assessing the impact of the Cold War. The book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748615933
SKU
V9780748615933
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About Mark Newman
Mark Newman is a Reader in History at the University of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He is the author of the award-winning Getting Right with God: Southern Baptists and Desegregation, 1945--1995 (2001) and Divine Agitators: The Delta Ministry and Civil Rights in Mississippi (2004).
Reviews for The Civil Rights Movement
An excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement... Highly recommended.
K J. Volanto, Collin country Community College District Social Studies of Science An excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement... Highly recommended.
K J. Volanto, Collin country Community College District Social Studies of Science An excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement... Highly recommended.