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Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present : from the age of segregation to the twenty-first century

2009

Format:	Book
Title:	Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present : from the age of segregation to the twenty-first century / editor in chief, Paul Finkelman.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Description:	5 v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Summary:	Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. --publisher description
Subjects:	African Americans -- History -- Encyclopedias. African Americans -- History -- 1877-1964 -- Encyclopedias. African Americans -- History -- 1964- -- Encyclopedias. African Americans -- Biography -- Encyclopedias.
Other Contributor:	Finkelman, Paul, 1949-
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	v. 1. A-C -- v. 2. D-I -- v. 3. J-N -- v. 4. O-T -- v. 5. U-Y, Chronology, Index
LCCN:	2008034263
ISBN:	9780195167795 (set : alk. paper) 0195167791 (set : alk. paper)
OCLC:	239240886
System Availability:	5
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# Local items:	5
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This impressive set was designed as a complement to Oxford's Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 (LJ 6/1/06). The purpose of both sets-as well as Oxford's African American National Biography (AANB)-is to provide a comprehensive view of the wealth of information about and scholarship on African Americans. While there are far more important figures in AANB, this resource, edited by Finkelman (Albany Law Sch.), excels at gathering discussions of similar or related topics by academics under one heading. Under "Desegregation and Integration," for instance, users will find five subentries: an overview and individual entries on desegregation and integration in the armed forces, higher education, public education, and professional athletics. References appear at the end of most articles, in addition to a selective bibliography. Blind entries like "Unions, Labor" tell readers to look under "Organized Labor." A thematic outline, a directory of contributors, an index, and a year-by-year account of important events from 1896 to 2008 round out Volume 5. Bottom Line No similar encyclopedia rivals the wealth and confirmation of African American history found here. In spite of its rather high price, it belongs in all large public libraries and all academic libraries. [The resource is part of the Oxford African American Studies Center online; it is also available electronically via Oxford Digital Reference Shelf and Oxford Reference Online.]-Al Vara, Temple Univ. Lib., Philadelphia (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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