Books written by Harry Harmer

  • Longman Companion to Slavery, Emancipation and Civil Rights

    In 1867 he rejected an offer by President Andrew Johnson to head the Freedman's Bureau and in 1870 became editor of the New National Era. Appointed president of the Freedman's Savings and Trust company in 1874, Douglass was appointed a ...

  • The Longman Companion to the Labour Party, 1900-1998

    ... 1900-1998 Harry Harmer THE LONGMAN COMPANION TO AMERICA IN THE ERA OF THE TWO WORLD WARS, 1914-1945 Patrick Renshaw THE LONGMAN COMPANION TO THE MIDDLE EAST SINCE 1914 (2nd Edn) Ritchie Ovendale THE LONGMAN COMPANION TO BRITAIN IN ...

  • Longman Companion to Slavery, Emancipation and Civil Rights

    Supported by biographies of over 100 key individuals and a full glossary providing definitions of crucial terms, expressions, ideas and events, this is required reading for anyone interested in the historical experience of slavery.

  • Martin Luther King: The Peaceful Revolutionary

    Harry Harmer has written, among other books, The Longman Companion to Slavery, Emancipation and Civil Rights and co-authored The Black Handbook: The People, History and Politics of Africa and the African Diaspora.

  • Tom Paine: The Life of a Revolutionary

    Thomas Paine galvanized the colonists to struggle for a democratic republic free from Britain,.

  • Rosa Luxemburg

    This new biography takes a fresh view, re-examining Luxemburg's tempestuous career and her dream of socialism

  • The Longman Companion to the Labour Party, 1900-1998

    ... Anthony Greenwood 59 14 February 1963 1st ballot 2nd ballot Harold Wilson 115 144 George Brown 88 103 James Callaghan 41 - 5 April 1976 1st ballot 2nd ballot 3rd hallot James Callaghan 84 141 176 Michael Foot 90 133 137 Roy Jenkins ...