African Peoples of the Americas: From Slavery to Civil Rights (Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 3) [Paperback]

Ron Field (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up | Series: Cambridge History Programme Key Stage 3

African Peoples of the Americas offers a well-researched and stimulating approach to the study of the experiences of Black Americans in the Caribbean and the U.S., with a focus on slavery, emancipation, the civil rights movement, and the forging of new identities and cultures. It is written in an accessible style with an emphasis on primary source documents.

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Book Description

A well-researched approach to the study of the Black American experience in the Caribbean and the U.S. focuses on slavery and emancipation as well as the forging of new identities and cultures. It is written in an accessible style with an emphasis on primary source documents.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521459117
• ISBN-13: 978-0521459112
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,938,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ron Field was born in Hertford, England in 1943 and was educated in Cheltenham, where he gained a Bachelor of Education (Hons) degree. He was Head of History at The Cotswold School at Bourton-on-the-Water until his retirement in 2007. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982-83. He was associate editor of the Confederate Historical Society of Great Britain from 1983 through 1992, and was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, D.C., in 2005. In 2010 he was awarded a Research Fellowship at the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, The John Hay Library, Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also a contributing editor of Military Images, a magazine devoted to the photographic history of the U.S. soldier and sailor in the 19th century. A prolific author, Ron is an internationally acknowledged expert on U.S. military history.