This book is the first to chronicle the lives of African American women in the urban north during the early years of the republic. A Fragile Freedom investigates how African American women in Philadelphia journeyed from enslavement to the precarious status of “free persons†in the decades leading up to the Civil War and examines comparable developments in the cities of New York and Boston. Erica Armstrong Dunbar argues that early nineteenth-century Philadelphia; where most African Americans were free; enacted a kind of rehearsal for the national emancipation that followed in the post–Civil War years. She explores the lives of the “regular†women of antebellum Philadelphia; the free black institutions that took root there; and the previously unrecognized importance of African American women to the history of American cities.
#470369 in Books Jackson Peter 2017-05-23Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.40 x 2.20 x 6.40l; #File Name: 030012533X640 pagesThe Mongols and the Islamic World From Conquest to Conversion
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. When Mongols Met MuslimsBy dmiguerThis is an excellent alternative to some of the books written recently by dilettantes of Mongol history. Like his colleagues David Morgan and George Lane; Peter Jackson is a respected expert in the field. He is a proponent of the rehabilitating idea that the Mongol empire helped modernize the medieval world. The study of interactions between Mongols and Muslims is not new; but this book offers a fresh take on a relatively rare topic.After an introduction to the medieval sources; chapters on Central Asia before the conquests; the origins of the Mongols and their westward military advances are delivered without undue delay. The consolidation of their political organization; further campaigns; breakup of unified rule and the advent of internecine warfare are also reviewed in a scholarly manner.The narrative thrust of these earlier chapters is then developed into topical sections on the Pax Mongolica and intercontinental commerce; Muslim states as client kingdoms; religious interactions with the infidel rulers; and the eventual Islamization of the ruling class.Many books relegate discussion of primary and secondary sources to footnotes and bibliographies. In this account Jackson integrates his examination of source materials into the text. This feature and the focus on the conflicts with the declining world power of Islam distinguish the book from others in the field. It is a solid entry to an underserved segment of world history.1 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Good Book for History BuffsBy GeowanderlandThis book brings both chronological events as well as some brief general parts. For example culture or art of war; which don’t necessarily need dates or names to be explained. And this is the part I enjoyed; and I think that is what would appeal to mass audience. The chronological events are detailed with dates and names (as anyone would expect); but this makes the read more appropriate for buffs of history.
