Of the Dawn of Freedom

图书标准信息

• 作者 W. E. B. Du Bois 著
• 出版社 Penguin Books Ltd
• 出版时间 2009-08
• ISBN 9780141043937
• 定价 61.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 112页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Itistheaimofthisessaytostudytheperiodofhistoryfrom1861to1872sofarasitrelatestotheAmericanNegro.Ineffect,thistaleofthedawnofFreedomisanaccountofthatgovernmentofmencalledtheFreedmen'sBureau,-oneofthemostsingularandinterestingoftheattemptsmadebyagreatnationtograpplewithvastproblemsofraceandsocialcondition.'Throughouthistory,somebookshavechangedtheworld.Theyhavetransformedthewayweseeourselves-andeachother.Theyhaveinspireddebate,dissent,warandrevolution.Theyhaveenlightened,outraged,provokedandcomforted.Theyhaveenrichedlives-anddestroyedthem.NowPenguinbringsyoutheworksofthegreatthinkers,pioneers,radicalsandvisionarieswhoseideasshookcivilizationandhelpedmakeuswhoweare.

【作者简介】

WilliamEdwardBurghardtDuBois(1868-1963)isthegreatestofAfricanAmericanintellectuals;asociologist,historian,novelist,andactivistwhoseastoundingcareerspannedthenation'shistoryfromReconstructiontothecivilrightsmovement.BorninMassachusettsandeducatedatFisk,Harvard,andtheUniversityofBerlin,DuBoispennedhisepochalmasterpieceTheSoulsofBlackFolk,fromwhichthisselectionistaken,in1903.Itremainshismoststudiedandpopularwork;itsinsightsintolifeattheturnofthe20thcenturystillringtrue.