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Title:

The Black condition / edited by Howard Dodson and Colin Palmer.

Publisher:

Michigan State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xvii, 272 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Social conditions.
African Americans--Economic conditions.
African Americans--Politics and government.
United States--History.--African Americans--History.
African Americans--History.--History.
African Americans--History.--History.

Other Authors:

Dodson, Howard.
Palmer, Colin A., 1942-
New York Public Library.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
ProQuest (Firm)

Notes:

"The New York Public Library; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; ProQuest." Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Economic inequality and the African diaspora / William A. Darity Jr -- American political systems and the response of the black community / Ronald Walters -- Education / Linda M. Perkins -- African Americans in the military / Chad Williams -- African American religious experience: an overview / Michael A. Gomez.

Summary:

"This is the e fourth volume in a unique Schomburg research, study, and teaching resource series. Michigan State University Press, ProQuest, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and The New York Public Library are pleased to present a unique research, study, and teaching resource for professors and students of black studies. In the more than thirty-five years since the field of black studies established its presence in American higher education, the volume of research, writing, and publications on the global black experience has increased exponentially. With the extraordinary volume of research resources on the black experience currently available, the challenge of selecting appropriate materials for research, study, and teaching has become extremely difficult. Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience is a resource designed to assist users in making such choices."--BOOK JACKET.

Series:

Schomburg studies on the Black experience

ISBN:

0870138383 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780870138386 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)225846865

LCCN:

2008017052

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)