The Harvard Guide to African-American History [With CD-ROM] (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780674002760)

This landmark guide covers research into every aspect of African-American life and work, offering a compendium of information and interpretation about almost 400 years of African-Americans' experiences as an ethnic group and as Americans.

The first part of the Guide contains 12 essays on historical research aids, from traditional archival and reference materials to the Internet. The second and largest part presents comprehensive and chronological bibliographies, prepared by John Thornton, Peter H. Wood, Gary B. Nash, Stephanie Shaw, Richard J. M. Blackett, Eric Foner, Leon F. Litwack, Joe W. Trotter, Jeffrey Conrad Stewart, Nancy L. Grant, Darlene Clark Hine, Clayborne Carson, John H. Bracey, Adam Biggs, and Corey Walker. The third part contains listings of resources on the special subjects of women, prepared by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham; geographical areas; and autobiography and biography, prepared by Randall K. Burkett, Leon F. Litwack, and Richard Newman. A companion CD-ROM packaged with the book makes more than 15,000 bibliography entries available for computer searching.

Author: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
ISBN-10: 0674002768
ISBN-13: 9780674002760
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2001
Pages: 960
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.56lbs
Size: 10.20h x 6.96w x 1.90d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2000 pg. 797
Library Journal 09/01/2001 pg. 166