Author: C. McL. GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eli Whitney and the Birth of American Technology
Author: C. McL. GreenThe Journal of Economic History
Author: Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia
Author: E. Merton CoulterPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820359947
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Old Petersburg and the Broad River Valley of Georgia details colonial life at Petersburg, Georgia, at the junction of Broad and Savannah Rivers. A town that grew, flourished, and eventually disappeared, Petersburg was once a valuable and unique outlet for river trade. This volume highlights various aspects of this river town, including its founding, politics, businesses, and religious practices. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
AL SMITH AND HIS AMERICA
Author: OSCAR HANDLINAmerican Oblique
Author: Joseph F. TrimmerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780395219171
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Economics Library Selections
Author: Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Author: Howard W. FrenchPublisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631495836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history. Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the accidental unearthing of the “New World.” Still others point to the development of the scientific method, or the spread of Judeo-Christian beliefs; and so on, ad infinitum. The history of Africa, by contrast, has long been relegated to the remote outskirts of our global story. What if, instead, we put Africa and Africans at the very center of our thinking about the origins of modernity? In a sweeping narrative spanning more than six centuries, Howard W. French does just that, for Born in Blackness vitally reframes the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in the West, and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew out of Europe’s dehumanizing engagement with the “dark” continent. In fact, French reveals, the first impetus for the Age of Discovery was not—as we are so often told, even today—Europe’s yearning for ties with Asia, but rather its centuries-old desire to forge a trade in gold with legendarily rich Black societies sequestered away in the heart of West Africa. Creating a historical narrative that begins with the commencement of commercial relations between Portugal and Africa in the fifteenth century and ends with the onset of World War II, Born in Blackness interweaves precise historical detail with poignant, personal reportage. In so doing, it dramatically retrieves the lives of major African historical figures, from the unimaginably rich medieval emperors who traded with the Near East and beyond, to the Kongo sovereigns who heroically battled seventeenth-century European powers, to the ex-slaves who liberated Haitians from bondage and profoundly altered the course of American history. While French cogently demonstrates the centrality of Africa to the rise of the modern world, Born in Blackness becomes, at the same time, a far more significant narrative, one that reveals a long-concealed history of trivialization and, more often, elision in depictions of African history throughout the last five hundred years. As French shows, the achievements of sovereign African nations and their now-far-flung peoples have time and again been etiolated and deliberately erased from modern history. As the West ascended, their stories—siloed and piecemeal—were swept into secluded corners, thus setting the stage for the hagiographic “rise of the West” theories that have endured to this day. “Capacious and compelling” (Laurent Dubois), Born in Blackness is epic history on the grand scale. In the lofty tradition of bold, revisionist narratives, it reframes the story of gold and tobacco, sugar and cotton—and of the greatest “commodity” of them all, the twelve million people who were brought in chains from Africa to the “New World,” whose reclaimed lives shed a harsh light on our present world.
America and Its Peoples
Author: James Kirby MartinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780321079879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
America and Its Peoples, Fourth Edition presents American history in an exciting way, with a spirited narrative, vivid character sketches, and colorful anecdotes. The book highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people. Social history-with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture-is integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy.MARKET Appropriate for anyone with an interest in American history.
The Industrial Revolution
Author: Susan Washburn BuckleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780792286851
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Content area reading program which correlates to national standards and incorporates nonfiction social studies literature to help develop literacy skills to read and write nonfiction texts. Organized into six series of five books each which address core social studies themes - communities, American history, ancient cultures, economics, government and civics. Teacher's guide and assessment handbook included.
The William and Mary Quarterly
Author: Richard Lee MortonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Publishes refereed scholarship in history and related disciplines from initial Old World-New World contacts to the early nineteenth century and beyond. Its articles, notes and documents, and reviews range from British North America and the United States to Europe, West Africa, the Caribbean, and the Spanish American borderlands. Forums and topical issues address topics of active interest in the field.