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The American Experience: A Concise History, Volume I (with American Journey Online and InfoTrac®)
Randall Bennett Woods, Willard B. Gatewood

Wadsworth Publishing, 2002

Concise, readable narrative text aimed at the mid-level introductory American history student. This book is ideal for instructors concerned both about cost and brevity. Particular attention is paid to the formation, interaction, and disintegration of national, regional, ethnic, and economic communities.

From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond
Dan A. Rudd and Theo. Bond

University of Arkansas Press, 2008

In an era in which African Americans were oppressed and deprived of many of the rights and privileges of citizenship, Scott Bond rose from being born a slave in Madison County, Mississippi, in the early 1850s to wealth and status as a farmer, merchant, and business entrepreneur in Madison, Arkansas, by the early 1900s."From Slavery to Wealth" is the story of an extraordinary individual widely known and respected at the time of its first ...

Aristocrats of Color: The Black Elite, 1880-1920 (Black Community Studies)

4 reviews
Willard B. Gatewood

University of Arkansas Press, 2000

Excellent, objective read.
This book is written from the vantage point of an objective, 3rd party eye. Very clinical, and hard facts. This book is MUCH better than the more recent popular book on the black elite. The author lays it on the line in a professional, objective manner.

The American Experience: A Concise History (with American Journey Online and InfoTrac®)

1 review
Randall Bennett Woods, Willard B. Gatewood

Wadsworth Publishing, 2002

"Concise" is Good!
This book's author refers to it as "concise." This is appropriate language. It is a wonderful introduction to American History, and is worth reading even if you're not a history newbie. The book address a good deal of the issues appropriately and in a concise, easy-to-read manner. Unlike many books on American History, this one doesn't pretend like slavery is the only thing that happened ...

The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox

University of Arkansas Press, 1999

The historical, social, economic, geographic, and cultural issues the authors address make it abundantly clear that the Delta -- long thought to be a land of relative statis -- is actually changing quite rapidly. It is clear, too, that this strange land is filled with haunting contradictions.

A Heart for Any Fate: The Biography of Richard Brevard Russell Sr.(Book review): An article from: Journal of ...
Willard B. Gatewood

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 530 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: A Heart for Any Fate: The Biography of ...

Free Men in an Age of Servitude: Three Generations of a Black Family. (book reviews): An article from: The ...
Willard B. Gatewood

Mississippi State University, 1994

This digital document is an article from The Mississippi Quarterly, published by Mississippi State University on September 22, 1994. The length of the article is 1088 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Free Men in an Age of ...

The New Man: Twenty-Nine Years a Slave, Twenty-Nine Years a Free Man. Recollections of H. C. Bruce (Blacks in ...

1 review
H. C. Bruce

Bison Books, 1996

Unique and Interesting Perspective
This book was very interesting. Offered new insight into the life of a slave and in a region not known for large slave population, Missouri. Quick read, too.