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  | | Frederick Douglass(Reprint) Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight Paperback, 912 Pages, Published 2019 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-9032-3, ISBN: 1-4165-9032-3 "**Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History** “Extraordinary…a great American biography” (The New Yorker) of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became the greatest orator of his day and one of the leading abolitionists and writers of the era.As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught to ..." |
 | | Race and Reunion(Updated) The Civil War in American Memory by David W. Blight Paperback, 528 Pages, Published 2002 by Belknap Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-00819-9, ISBN: 0-674-00819-7 "Winner of the Bancroft PrizeWinner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln PrizeWinner of the Merle Curti awardWinner of the Frederick Douglass PrizeNo historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race relations and Am ..." |
 | | Frederick Douglass’ Civil War(Updated) Keeping Faith in Jubilee by David W. Blight Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 1991 by Lsu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-1724-8, ISBN: 0-8071-1724-2 "In this sensitive intellectual biography David W. Blight undertakes the first systematic analysis of the impact of the Civil War on Frederick Douglass' life and thought, offering new insights into the meaning of the war in American history and in the Afro-American experience. Frederick Douglass' Civil War follows Douglass' intellectual and personal growth from the political crises of the 1850s through secession, war, black enlistment, e ..." |
 | | When This Cruel War Is Over The Civil War Letters of Charles Harvey Brewster by David W. Blight Paperback, 378 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-748-1, ISBN: 1-55849-748-X ""I am scared most to death every battle we have, but I don't think you need be afraid of my sneaking away unhurt." Thus wrote Adjutant Charles Harvey Brewster of the 10th Massachusetts to his sister Mattie in 1864, in one of over 200 letters he would pen during his four years of service. Born and raised in Northampton, Massachusetts, Brewster was a 27-year-old store clerk when he enlisted in Company C of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer ..." |
 | | A People & A Nation(7th Edition) Volume 1: To 1877 by Mary Beth Norton, David W. Blight, David M. Katzman, Howard P. Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey, Thomas G. Paterson, William M. Tuttle Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2006 by Wadsworth Publishing International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-618-39176-9, ISBN: 0-618-39176-2 "This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people. The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and sch ..." |
 | | The Souls of Black Folk(1st Edition) (Bedford Series in History and Culture) by David W. Blight, Robert Gooding-Williams, Du Bois Paperback, 287 Pages, Published 1997 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-0-312-09114-9, ISBN: 0-312-09114-1 "William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Fisk, Harvard, and the University of Berlin, Du Bois penned his epochal masterpiece, The Souls of Black Folk, in 1903. It remains his most studied and pop ..." |
 | | By Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass(2nd Edition) An American Slave, Written by Himself (Bedford Cultural (2e) by David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-0-312-25737-8, ISBN: 0-312-25737-6 "This is a book that should be on the reading list of every course on American history or literature...with its excellent notes, bibliography and appendices, this supersedes other versions available in paperback.' Adam Lively, Times Educational Supplement This new edition of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is the first prepared especially for American history courses. David W. Blight's extensive introduction and the rela ..." |
 | | HIST 17A(9th Edition) Custom Edition (A People & A Nation:A History Of The United States, Brief Ninth Edition Volume 1: To 1877) by Mary Beth Norton, Carol Sheriff, Howard P. Chudacoff, David W. Blight, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey, Debra Michals, Cengage Learning Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2011 by Cengage Learning ISBN-13: 978-0-495-91623-9, ISBN: 0-495-91623-4 "While claiming merely to combat rumors with facts, the Creel committee in reality publicized the government's version of events and discredited all who questioned that version. ... the Spanish-American War in 1898, the Eighth Regiment achieved its greatest fame during World War I. The only regiment to be entirely commanded by blacks and headquartered at the only black armory in the U.S., the “Fighting 8th” served with distinction i ..." |
 | | 1(9th Edition) A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Brief Edition, Volume I by Mary Beth Norton, Carol Sheriff, Howard P. Chudacoff, David W. Blight, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey, Debra Michals Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2011 by Wadsworth Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-495-91622-2, ISBN: 0-495-91622-6 "The Brief Edition of A PEOPLE AND A NATION offers a succinct and spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past." |
 | | A Slave No More(1st Edition) Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation (.) by David W. Blight Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2009 by Mariner Books ISBN-13: 978-0-15-603451-7, ISBN: 0-15-603451-4 "Slave narratives, some of the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five post–Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group with the publication of A Slave No More, a major new addition to the canon of American history. Handed ..." |
 | | Beyond the Battlefield(Updated) Race, Memory, and the American Civil War by David W. Blight Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2002 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-361-2, ISBN: 1-55849-361-1 "During the past decade and a half, scholars have increasingly addressed the relationship of history and memory. Among American historians, David W. Blight has been a pioneer in the field of memory studies, especially on the problems of slavery, race, and the Civil War. In this collection of essays, Blight examines the meanings embedded in the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War, the nature of changing approaches to African ..." |
 | | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass(Updated) An American Slave, Written by Himself (Bedford Books in American History) by Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight, Ernest R. May, Douglass/ Blight/ Paperback, 163 Pages, Published 1993 by Bedford Books International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-312-07531-6, ISBN: 0-312-07531-6 "'This is a book that should be on the reading list of every course on American history or literature...with its excellent notes, bibliography and appendices, this supersedes other versions available in paperback.' Adam Lively, Times Educational Supplement This new edition of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is the first prepared especially for American history courses. David W. Blight's extensive introduction and the rela ..." |
 | | 2(10th Edition) A People and a Nation, Volume II: Since 1865 by Mary Beth Norton, Carol Sheriff, Jane Kamensky, David W. Blight, Howard P. Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey Paperback, 560 Pages, Published 2014 by Cengage Learning International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-285-43083-6, ISBN: 1-285-43083-2 "A People and a Nation is a best-selling text offering a spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past. In the tenth edition, the number of chapters has been reduced from 33 to 29, making ..." |
 | | A People and a Nation(10th Edition) A History of the United States, Brief (MindTap Course List) by Mary Beth Norton, David W. Blight, Carol Sheriff, Howard P. Chudacoff, Jane Kamensky, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey, Debra Michals Paperback, 960 Pages, Published 2014 by Wadsworth Publishing International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-285-43084-3, ISBN: 1-285-43084-0 "The Brief Edition of A PEOPLE AND A NATION offers a succinct and spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, engaging readers and encouraging them to imagine what life was really like in the past." |
 | | A People and a Nation(9th Edition) A History of the United States, Brief Edition by Mary Beth Norton, Carol Sheriff, Howard P. Chudacoff, David W. Blight, Fredrik Logevall, David M. Katzman, Beth Bailey, Debra Michals Paperback, 976 Pages, Published 2011 by Wadsworth Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-495-91619-2, ISBN: 0-495-91619-6 "Mary Beth Norton, Carol Sheriff, David W. Blight, Howard Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall ... Brooks, Charles, 500 Brooks, Preston, 358 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 674, 794 Brown, Albert G., 360 Brown, James ... 779 Carter, Amy, 833 Carter, Jimmy, 816, 831, 840 Camp David accords and, 840, 841,859 divided administration of, 840 election of, ... (Mather), 75 Cash registers, 464 Cass, Lewis, 348, 349 Cassatt, Alexander, 543 Casti ..." |
 | | A Slave No More(1st Edition) Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation by David W. Blight, Daniel W. Blight Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-15-101232-9, ISBN: 0-15-101232-6 "Slave narratives, some of the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five post–Civil War narratives surviving. A mere handful are first-person accounts by slaves who ran away and freed themselves. Now two newly uncovered narratives, and the biographies of the men who wrote them, join that exclusive group with the publication of A Slave No More, a major new addition to the canon of American history. Handed ..." |
 | | A People and a Nation(7th Edition) A History of the United States by Mary Beth Norton, David M. Katzmann, Howard P. Chudacoff, David W. Blight, Fredrik Logevall, Thomas G. Paterson, Beth Bailey, William Tuttle Hardcover, 1,104 Pages, Published 2004 by Wadsworth Publishing International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-618-37589-9, ISBN: 0-618-37589-9 "This spirited narrative challenges students to think about the meaning of American history. Thoughtful inclusion of the lives of everyday people, cultural diversity, work, and popular culture preserves the text's basic approach to American history as a story of all the American people.The Seventh Edition maintains the emphasis on the unique social history of the United States and engages students through cutting-edge research and schola ..." |
 | | Union & Emancipation Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era by David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson, Professor Brooks D. Simpson Hardcover, 231 Pages, Published 1997 by Kent State Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-87338-565-7, ISBN: 0-87338-565-9 "Essays on Politics and Race in the Civil War Era David W. Blight, Brooks D. Simpson ... Press, 1986), particularly 77; and David R. Roediger, The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (London: Verso Books, 1991), 1oo-m. 9. ... William J. Mahar, "Black English in Early Blackface Minstrelsy: A New Interpretation of the Sources of Minstrel Show Uxdect" American Quarterly 37 (Summer1985): 260-85; Smith, ..." |
 | | American Oracle The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era by David W. Blight Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2013 by Belknap Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-72597-3, ISBN: 0-674-72597-2 "Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, a century after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, Martin Luther King, Jr., declared, “One hundred years later, the Negro still is not free.” He delivered this speech just three years after the Virginia Civil War Commission published a guide proclaiming that “the Centennial is no time for finding fault or placing blame or fighting the issues all over again.”Dav ..." |
 | | Cengage Advantage Books(10th Edition) A People and a Nation: A History of the United States, Volume I to 1877 by Mary Beth Nortonm, Carol Sheriff, Jane Kamensky, David W. Blight, Howard P. Chudacoff, Fredrik Logevall, Beth Bailey Paperback, 576 Pages, Published 2014 by Cengage Learning International Edition ISBN-13: 978-1-285-42588-7, ISBN: 1-285-42588-X "Developed to meet the demand for a low-cost, high-quality history book, this economically priced version of A People And a Nation, Tenth Edition, offers readers the complete narrative while limiting the number of features, photos, and maps. All volumes feature a paperback, two-color format that appeals to those seeking a comprehensive, trade-sized history text. A People And a Nation is a best-selling text offering a spirited narrative t ..." |
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