Race and History: Selected Essays, 1938--1988

In Race and History, John Hope Franklin, one of the nation's foremost historians, collects twenty-seven of his most influential shorter writings. The essays are presented thematically and include pieces on southern history; significant but neglected historical figures; historiography; the connection between historical problems and contemporary issues; and the public role of the historian.

Collectively these essays reveal Franklin as a man who has exhibited immense courage and intellectual independence in the face of cultural and social bias, a scholar who has set the tone and direction for twentieth-century African-American studies, and a writer whose insistence on balance and truth has inspired two generations of historians.--Dan T. Carter, Emory University "Christian Science Monitor"

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Franklin, John Hope
Published: 12/01/1991
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807117644
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.96d