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Author:

Harris, Fredrick C.

Title:

The price of the ticket : Barack Obama and the rise and decline of Black politics / Fredrick C. Harris.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xviii, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
African Americans--Politics and government--21st century.
African American political activists--History--20th century.
African American politicians--History--20th century.
Obama, Barack--Relations with African Americans.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
United States--Politics and government--1989-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Clash of ideas -- Chicago, political capital of Black America -- Entering the promise land -- Respectability as public philosophy -- Wink, nod, vote -- Price of the ticket.

Series:

Transgressing boundaries : studies in Black politics and Black communities

ISBN:

0199739676 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780199739677 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)757485544

LCCN:

2012001114

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)