Incorporating the basic features and narrative from The African-American Odyssey; this concise history presents its major episodes; issues; and people. It tells a compelling story of survival; struggle; and triumph over adversity–leaving readers with an appreciation of the central place of black people and culture in this country; and a better understanding of both African-American and American history. The 2nd edition presents a broadened international perspective; offers expanded coverage of interaction among African-Americans and other ethnic groups; and includes additional material on African-Americans in the western portion of the United States; as well as a new chapter on the evolution of black politics since the 1980s. It describes African-American history from the struggle of black people to maintain their humanity during the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; and through the Civil Rights movement to discussions of black life at the dawn of the 21st century. This is a compelling story of survival; struggle; and triumph over adversity. Readers will learn an appreciation of the central place of black people and black culture in this country; and a better understanding of both African-American and American history.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy RayExcellent!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Jonathan PrinceIt's an interesting book and the price was very good compared to my campus bookstore.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great history of the early American republic; but it costs too muchBy Along Red River of the NorthThis is an excellent book on the most crucial era of U.S. history from the end of the French and English War in 1763 through the end of the War of 1812 in 1815. It should be on many college undergrad syllabi or reading lists. I would love to use it for the early American history course I teach. But unfortunately; the publisher's exorbitant price tag of $65 for a book from 2006 makes that impossible. So; if readers see a new copy advertised for $15 - grab it! But few if any general readers or students will want to shell out $65.And that's a shame because not many social historians like Paul Gilje; or history books like this one; provide such a coherent synthesis of the U.S. founding era. It explains why proud and happy British North Americans; setting off fireworks; and toasting British liberty and monarch in 1763; found themselves in a shootout with British troops at Lexington in 1775. How did this mutually beneficial imperial relationship devolve in a mere twelve years? Gilje posits two interrelated theses. First; "the key to comprehending these developments resides in understanding how the ideology of republicanism interacted with the imperial crisis and with the social and economic developments of the mid-eighteenth century." (p. 30) And second; "to understand the significance of the American Revolution; we need to look at how different the colonial world was from the world of the early republic. The key to comprehending this difference is the concept of equality." (pp. 3-4) The history of the early republic; indeed the history of America from that point on; is the history of how the idea of equality expanded to include more and more people and how it came to be the basic assumption holding the American political; social and economic world together." (p. 4)
